Pompey, Meurthe-et-Moselle

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Pompey

(2020–2026) Laurent Trogrlic^[1]Area

8.13 km² (3.14 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,836 • Density590/km² (1,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

54430 /54340

Elevation185–358 m (607–1,175 ft)
(avg. 196 m or 643 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pompey (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃pɛ]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

It is an industrial town (mainly steel industry), at the confluence of the rivers Moselle and Meurthe.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	6,281	—
1975	6,473	+0.43%
1982	5,685	−1.84%
1990	5,144	−1.24%
1999	5,229	+0.18%
2007	5,119	−0.27%
2012	4,888	−0.92%
2017	4,884	−0.02%
2020	4,857	−0.18%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Notable people

Nicolas-Antoine Nouet, born 1740 in Pompey, died 1811 in Chambéry, astronomer
Marcel Le Bihan (1923-2009), resistant and former mayor of the commune
Hubert Haenel (1942-2015), politician and a member of the Senate of France

Astronomy

The minor planet 18636 Villedepompey is named after the town.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Pasadena: NASA.