Wassy

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Wassy

(2020–2026) Jean-Alain Charpentier^[1]Area

33.82 km² (13.06 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,777 • Density82/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

52550 /52130

Elevation154–224 m (505–735 ft)
(avg. 172 m or 564 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wassy (French pronunciation: [vasi]) is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. Its population, as of 2019, is 2,819. Wassy has been twinned with the German town of Eppingen in north-west Baden-Württemberg since 1967.^[3]

History

On 1 March 1562, a faction of armed soldiers under Francis, Duke of Guise attacked and killed worshippers at a Huguenot service, called the Massacre of Wassy, which marked the start of the First War of Religion in France.^[4]

Geography

The river Blaise flows through the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,286	—
1975	3,228	−0.25%
1982	3,316	+0.38%
1990	3,291	−0.09%
1999	3,294	+0.01%
2007	3,074	−0.86%
2012	2,909	−1.10%
2017	2,905	−0.03%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Eppingen und Wassy feierten das 50-jährige Bestehen der Städtepartnerschaft". www.eppingen.de. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ The protestant Museum in the Wassy barn. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE