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Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers () is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the Marne department in north-eastern
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.Commune de Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers (51440)
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Before 1950, when it absorbed part of the territory of
Moronvilliers In 1911, the small village of Moronvilliers had 86 inhabitants. thumb On 2 September 1914, in the first month of World War I, the village, only 15 kilometers north-east from Rheims, was occupied by German troops. Situated on the frontline, the vi ...
, its name was ''Pontfaverger''.Commune de Moronvilliers (51385), commune périmée
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Moronvilliers was destroyed during
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
and never rebuilt.


Geography

The commune is traversed by the
Suippe The Suippe () is an long river in Marne and Aisne départements, in north-eastern France. Its source is at Somme-Suippe. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Aisne, into which it flows at Condé-sur-Suippe. Département ...
river.


See also

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Communes of the Marne department The following is a list of the 613 communes in the French department of Marne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Pontfavergermonronvilliers {{Marne-geo-stub