Mars-la-Tour
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Mars-la-Tour
|commune status = Commune
|image = Eglise Mars la Tour.jpg
|caption = The church in Mars-la-Tour
|image coat of arms = Blason Mars-la-Tour 54.svg
|arrondissement = Toul
|canton = Jarny
|INSEE = 54353
|postal code = 54800
|term = 2020–2026
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|elevation m = 239
|elevation min m = 197
|elevation max m = 263
|area km2 = 12.64
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Mars-la-Tour ({{IPA|fr|maʁs la tuʁ}}) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.
History
The Battle of Mars-la-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War near the town of Mars-la-Tour.
File:Mars-la-Tour Gare.pngThe railway line between Longuyon and Pogny reached Mars-la-Tour in 1876, at which time a small train station was built.Jacquin, Mars-la-Tour (série: Monographies communales de Meurthe-et-Moselle, no. 349), 1888, collection Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy, pp. 230, 232. [https://galeries.limedia.fr/ark:/31124/d2dmz19twclwb56h/p1] On 30 August 1919 the station witnessed a minor accident when a freight train collided with a train full of coal, killing one train's conductor.[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2922450/f2.image.r=collision.langFR Le Figaro du 31 août 1919, {{p.|2}}.] The station no longer exists, however.
See also
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