Millery | |
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 The church in Millery | |
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| Coordinates:48°49′04″N6°07′52″E / 48.8178°N 6.1311°E /48.8178; 6.1311 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Nancy |
| Canton | Entre Seille et Meurthe |
| Intercommunality | CC Bassin de Pompey |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | Guillaume Poinsot[1] |
Area 1 | 7.48 km2 (2.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 597 |
| • Density | 79.8/km2 (207/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54369 /54670 |
| Elevation | 183–392 m (600–1,286 ft) (avg. 182 m or 597 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Millery is acommune in theMeurthe-et-Moselledepartment in north-easternFrance.
DuringWorld War II, on Saturday, 29 July 1944, anRAFAvro Lancaster Type B III bomber (s/n ND756 AA°M), while on a mission[3] to the German city ofStuttgart, was shot down byLuftwaffe night fighters and crashed at 1:25 a.m. on the Falaise hill near Millery.[4] Out of the seven crew members,[5] four died — including three fromNew Zealand and one British — and were buried in the village cemetery, where their graves[6] can still be seen.[7]
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