La chapelle Saint-Nicolas de Vitry-le-François est située dans le lieu-dit du Bas-Village. Le quartier était, déjà avant la fondation de Vitry-le-François, un village de bateliers. Ce sont les mariniers du Bas-Village qui ont édifié cette chapelle en 1637. Elle est décorée d'ancres marines à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur. L'édifice est à pans de bois et revêtu de lattes de hêtre.
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The canton of Vitry-le-François-Champagne et Der is an administrative division of the Marne department, northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Vitry-le-François.
It consists of the following communes:
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The Saulx is a 115 km long river in France, right tributary of the Marne. Its source is near the village Germisay. It flows generally northwest, through the following départements and towns:
Haute-Marne: Effincourt
Meuse: Montiers-sur-Saulx, Stainville
Marne: Sermaize-les-Bains, Pargny-sur-Saulx, Vitry-le-François
The Saulx flows into the Marne in Vitry-le-François. Its main tributaries are the Ornain and the Chée. The part of the Marne-Rhine Canal between Vitry-le-François and Sermaize-les-Bains runs parallel to the Saulx.
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Vitry-le-François is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France. It is located on the river Marne and is the western terminus of the Marne–Rhine Canal. Vitry-le-François station has rail connections to Paris, Reims, Strasbourg, Metz, Dijon and several regional destinations.
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The Vitry-Le-François train bombing of 18 June 1961 was a bomb attack on a Strasbourg–Paris train carried out by the Organisation armée secrète, a far-right paramilitary organization opposed to the independence of Algeria in the Algerian War. With 28 fatalities and over 100 injured, it was the deadliest terrorist attack in modern French history until it was surpassed by the November 2015 Paris attacks and the 2016 Nice truck attack, which killed 130 and 86 people, respectively.
The bombing targeted the No. 12 express train, which derailed while traveling at high speed near the small village of Blacy, Marne between Vitry-le-François and Loisy-sur-Marne. On the day after the derailment, investigators found that the rails had been sabotaged using an explosive device that went off when the train passed over it. It also emerged that the stationmaster at Vitry-le-François had earlier received a threatening letter from the OAS.
The sabotage theory was ruled out despite a threat letter being received a few days earlier, prompting Communist Party leader Jacques Duclos to demand an inquiry on the matter. Despite this, the attack was kept secret by the French state.
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The canal latéral à la Marne is a 66 km long canal in the Marne department in north-eastern France. It connects Vitry-le-François to Épernay, and includes 15 locks. It overcomes a height difference of 34 meters and runs parallel to the river Marne.
Le patron de la chapelle est saint Nicolas, patron des mariniers.
Protection
La chapelle Saint-Nicolas fait l’objet d’une inscription au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 11 mars 1935.