Mars-la-Tour

Mars-la-Tour
Mars-la-Tour
Commune
	The church in Mars-la-Tour
	Coat of arms
	Location of Mars-la-Tour
	Mars-la-Tour Mars-la-Tour
	Coordinates: 49°05′59″N 5°53′12″E / 49.0997°N 5.8867°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Briey
Canton	Jarny
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roger dalla Costa
Area 1	12.64 km2 (4.88 sq mi)
Population (2021)	895
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	54353 /54800
Elevation	197–263 m (646–863 ft) ; (avg. 239 m or 784 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mars-la-Tour (French pronunciation: [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.

The railway line between Longuyon and Pogny reached Mars-la-Tour in 1876, at which time a small train station was built.^[3] 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.^[4] The station no longer exists, however.