Millery | |
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The church in Millery | |
Coordinates: 48°49′04″N6°07′52″E / 48.8178°N 6.1311°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
Arrondissement | Nancy |
Canton | Entre Seille et Meurthe |
Intercommunality | CC Bassin de Pompey |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Balland [1] |
Area 1 | 7.48 km2 (2.89 sq mi) |
Population | 611 |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/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 a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
During World War II, on Saturday, 29 July 1944, an RAF Avro Lancaster Type B III bomber (s/n ND756 AA°M), while on a mission [3] to the German city of Stuttgart, was shot down by Luftwaffe 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 from New Zealand and one British — and were buried in the village cemetery, where their graves [6] can still be seen. [7]
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