Place:Wassy, Haute-Marne, France

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NameWassy
Alt namesWassy-sur-Blaisesource: Wikipedia
TypeCommune
Coordinates48.5°N 4.983°E
Located inHaute-Marne, France
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Wassy, formerly known as Wassy-sur-Blaise, is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. Its population, as of 1999, is 3,294. Wassy has been twinned with the German town of Eppingen in north-west Baden-Württemberg since 1967.

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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.

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