SAINT-DIZIER

town, Haute-Marne dpartement, Champagne-Ardennes rgion, northeastern France, on the Marne River and the Canal de la Marne la Sane, northeast of Troyes. On the site of the Roman Desiderii Fanum, its Gigny and Saint-Martin churches date from the 13th century. The Church of Notre-Dame was reconstructed after a fire (1775). A monument commemorates the heroic resistance of Francis I to the forces of Emperor Charles V in 1544. An iron- and bronze-founding town, it has other heavy industry as well as textile manufacturing and food processing. Pop. (1990) 35,558.