Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Commune
The Pavillon Emile Bauquel in Cirey-sur-Vezouze
Coat of arms
Location of Cirey-sur-Vezouze
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Coordinates: 48°35′N 6°57′E / 48.58°N 6.95°E / 48.58; 6.95
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Lunéville
Canton	Baccarat
Intercommunality	CC de Vezouze en Piémont
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Jean-Claude Bazin[1]
Area 1	16.39 km2 (6.33 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,587
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	54129 /54480
Elevation	273–393 m (896–1,289 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cirey-sur-Vezouze (French pronunciation: [siʁɛ syʁ vəzuz], literally Cirey on Vezouze) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

History

During the Second World War, a Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster Bomber was forced to crash land near Cirey-sur-Vezouze after a bombing raid on Stuttgart. Three of the crew were killed in the crash landing with a further two airmen (including Flight Sergeant Fordham) being apprehended, taken into the nearby forest and summarily executed by German forces. Three war graves lay in Cirey-sur-Vezouze's graveyard^{[citation needed]}, with the shallow graves in the forest being discovered and exhumed by a team led by Major Eric Barksworth.^[3]