Saint-Dizier

**Saint-Dizier** is a commune of France, and a subprefecture of the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region.

## Geography

The city of Saint-Dizier is on the northern part of the Haute-Marne department in northeast France near the Meuse and the Marne departments.

It has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

The _commune_ of Saint-Dizier is surrounded by the _communes_ Trois-Fontaines-l'Abbaye, Chancenay, Bettancourt-la-Ferrée, Ancerville (Meuse department), Chamouilley, Eurville-Bienville, Troisfontaines-la-Ville, Humbécourt, Laneuville-au-Pont, Moëslains, Valcourt, Hallignicourt and Villiers-en-Lieu.

Two rivers flow through the city: the _Ornel_ and the Marne. The city is at about  from _Lac du Der-Chantecoq_, the largest man-made lake of Western Europe.

### Climate

The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Saint-Dizier is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "**Cfb**". The average amount of precipitation for the year is  and the average temperature for the year  is .

<div style="width:50%;">

</div>

## Population

The inhabitants of Saint-Dizier are known, in French, as _Bragards_ (women: _Bragardes_) or _Bragars_ (women: _Bragares_).

The city of Saint-Dizier has a population, in 2014, of 25,505; it is the _commune_ of Haute-Marne with more people living in it, even more than Chaumont (22,560 inhabitants) that is the prefecture of the department. Its population density is of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

**Evolution of the population in Saint-Dizier**

Saint-Dizier forms, with other five _communes_, the urban area of Saint-Dizier with a population of 32,086 inhabitants (2014) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Saint-Diziert, formed by 43 _communes_, with a population of 53,790 inhabitants (2014) and an area of .

## Administration

Saint-Dizier is a subprefecture of the Haute-Marne department, the capital of the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Dizier and the administrative centre () of three cantons:
- Saint-Dizier-1 formed by 10 _communes_ and part of Saint-Dizier, with 12,406 inhabitants <small>(2014)</small>.
- Saint-Dizier-2 formed by a part of Saint-Dizier, with 11,674 inhabitants <small>(2014)</small>.
- Saint-Dizier-3 formed by 2 _communes_ and part of Saint-Dizier, with 11,798 inhabitants <small>(2014)</small>.

It is part of the intercommunality _Saint-Dizier, Der et Blaise_ ().

## Related pages

- Arrondissement of Saint-Dizier
- Communes of the Haute-Marne department

## Other websites

- Site officiel de la ville de Saint-Dizier
- Office de Tourisme Saint-Dizier, Der & Blaise

## Infobox (french commune)

- **name**: Saint-Dizier
- **image coat of arms**: 52448 - Blason - Saint-Dizier.png
- **image**: Eglise Notre Dame Saint Dizier.JPG
- **caption**: Notre-Dame church, Saint-Dizier
- **arrondissement**: Saint-Dizier
- **canton**: Saint-Dizier-1
Saint-Dizier-2
Saint-Dizier-3
- **intercommunality**: Saint-Dizier, Der et Blaise
- **mayor**: François Cornut-Gentille
- **term**: 2014–2020
- **elevation m**: 164
- **elevation min m**: 123
- **elevation max m**: 205
- **area km2**: 47.7
- **population demonym**: Bragards
- **population**: 25505
- **population date**: 2014
- **insee**: 52448
- **postal code**: 52100
- **website**: [http://www.saint-dizier.fr/ www.saint-dizier.fr]