Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Cirey-sur-Vezouze (literally Cirey on Vezouze) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
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• Name — Cirey-sur-Vezouze • Commune Status — Commune • Arrondissement — Lunéville • Canton — Baccarat • Insee — 54129 • Postal Code — 54480 • Mayor — Jean-Claude Bazin • Term — 2021–2026 • Intercommunality — CC de Vezouze en Piémont • Elevation M — 260 • Elevation Min M — 273 • Elevation Max M — 393 • Area Km2 — 16.39
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Cirey-sur-Vezouze is a place documented in the authority records of the Etalab API Découpage administratif and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Cirey-sur-Vezouze as an inhabited place. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Cirey-sur-Vezouze as a commune. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Grand Est as the administrative unit of Cirey-sur-Vezouze. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Meurthe-et-Moselle as the administrative unit of Cirey-sur-Vezouze. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Grand Est as the administrative region of Cirey-sur-Vezouze. Etalab API Découpage administratif records France as the country of Cirey-sur-Vezouze.
History
History
During the Second World War, a Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster Bomber was forced to crash land near Cirey-sur-Vezouze after a bombing raid on Stuttgart. Three of the crew were killed in the crash landing with a further two airmen (including Flight Sergeant Fordham) being apprehended, taken into the nearby forest and summarily executed by German forces. Three war graves lay in Cirey-sur-Vezouze's graveyard, with the shallow graves in the forest being discovered and exhumed by a team led by Major Eric Barksworth.
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The area of Cirey-sur-Vezouze is 1,654.55 hectares, according to the Etalab API Découpage administratif. The Etalab API Découpage administratif records the postal code 54480 for Cirey-sur-Vezouze.
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