Haute-Marne
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| Haute-Marne | |
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| Coat of arms of the Haute-Marne department | |
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| Department number: | 52 |
| Region: | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Prefecture: | Chaumont |
| Subprefectures: | Langres Saint-Dizier |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 32 |
| Communes: | 432 |
| President of the General Council: | Bruno Sido |
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| Population | Ranked 87th |
| -1999 | 194,873 |
| Population density: | 31/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6211 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River.
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[edit] History
Haute-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Champagne, Burgundy, Lorraine and Franche-Comté[1]
[edit] Geography
Haute-Marne is part of the region of Champagne-Ardenne and is surrounded by the departments of Meuse, Vosges, Haute-Saône, Côte-d'Or, Aube, and Marne.
The highest mountain is Haut-du-Sac, in the southwest of the department, which rise to 516 m (1,693 feet).[1] The nearest big cities are Paris, Nancy, Strasbourg, Basel, and Dijon.
[edit] Tourism
The fortified town of Langres, the Renaissance castle of Joinville, and the village of Colombey-les-deux-Églises are all major attractions.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Haute-Marne department
- Communes of the Haute-Marne department
- Arrondissements of the Haute-Marne department
[edit] References
- ^ a b Haute-Marne, Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia. Research Machines plc. September 8, 2005. accessed on October 19, 2006.
[edit] External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) Conseil Général website
- (French)/(English) Official Tourist Board website
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