Montmédy

Montmédy is a common French, located in the department of the Meuse and the area Lorraine.

Geography

History

Old capital of the county of Chiny. The count de Chiny raises there in 1220 a strong castle, the castle of Mady, which will give its name to the city. After being last to the dukes of Luxembourg and being thus incorporated a few times in the Spanish Monarchy, it was attached to France by the Traité of the Pyrenees.

The city is taken in June 1657 by Vauban (it is about the first seat which he directs).

In 1791, at the time of its escape, the king Louis XVI is awaited Montmédy. Recognized, it will be stopped with Varennes-in-Argonne.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Citadel (XVIe, XVIIe and XIXe centuries);
Fortification of Vauban;
Museum Jules Bastien-Lepage devoted to the painter Jules Bastien-Lepage.

Personality related to the commune

Nicolas Bochsa, one of most famous the Harpiste S of the XIXe century, was born in Montmédy in August 1789. He dies in Sydney in 1856.

See too

Common of the Meuse

External bonds

Official site of the town of Montmédy
History of Montmédy through the postcards
Illustrated report on the citadel of Montmédy

Montmédy on the site of the national geographical Institute
Montmédy on the site of INSEE
Montmédy on the site of Quid
Localization of Montmédy on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Montmédy on Mapquest
Biography of Bochsa, one of the most famous harpists of the XIXe native century of Montmédy

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