Chaumont, Haute-Marne
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Commune of Chaumont |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
Department | Haute-Marne (préfecture) |
Arrondissement | Chaumont |
Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays chaumontais |
Mayor | Jean-Claude Daniel (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 314 m (avg.) |
Land area¹ | 55.26 km² |
Population² (1999) |
25,996 |
- Density | 470.4/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 52121/ 52000 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Chaumont is a commune of France, and the préfecture (capital) of the Haute-Marne département. Population (2002): approx. 30,000.
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[edit] Geography
The city stands on the Marne River and is situated on the railway linking Paris and Basel, which runs over a 52 m (164 ft) tall and 600m long viaduct there built in 1856.
[edit] History
Historically the seat of the counts of Bassigny and later of Champagne, Chaumont was the venue of an offensive treaty against Napoleon I signed by the United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia, and Russia in 1814. Chaumont was bombed in 1940 and 1944 during World War II.
[edit] Sister towns & cities
[edit] External links
- Official website (in French)
- Picture of Chaumont Basilica: [1]