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Écollemont
Écollemont () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Geography The Blaise forms the commune's northern border. The Lake Der-Chantecoq forms part of the commune's southern border. See also *Communes of the Marne department The following is a list of the 610 communes in the French department of Marne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Marne (department) {{VitryFrançois-geo-stub ...
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Blaise (Marne)
The Blaise () is an long river in the Haute-Marne and Marne (department), Marne departments of France, departments in northeastern France. Its source is in the village of Gillancourt. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Marne (river), Marne into which it flows at Arrigny. Departments and communes along its course This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Haute-Marne: Gillancourt, Blaisy, Juzennecourt, Lachapelle-en-Blaisy, Lamothe-en-Blaisy, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, Curmont, Guindrecourt-sur-Blaise, Daillancourt, Bouzancourt, Cirey-sur-Blaise, Arnancourt, Doulevant-le-Château, Dommartin-le-Saint-Père, Courcelles-sur-Blaise, Dommartin-le-Franc, Ville-en-Blaisois, Doulevant-le-Petit, Rachecourt-Suzémont, Vaux-sur-Blaise, Montreuil-sur-Blaise, Brousseval, Wassy, Attancourt, Louvemont, Allichamps, Humbécourt, Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière *Marne: Landricourt, Marne, Landricourt, Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement, Hauteville, Marne, Hauteville, Écoll ...
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Lake Der-Chantecoq
Lake Der-Chantecoq (, ) is situated close to the commune of Saint-Dizier in the departments of Marne and Haute-Marne. It is the largest artificial lake in France, covering with 350 million mÂł of water. The lake is named after the plain, in which it is located, and the submerged village Chantecoq. The lake is fed by a 12 km long canal that branches off the river Marne in Saint-Dizier. The outflow of the lake is a canal that joins the Marne in Arrigny, 20 km downstream of Saint-Dizier. The lake is located in the communes (clockwise starting from the north) Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement, Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière, Giffaumont-Champaubert, Arrigny, Larzicourt and Écollemont. History It was created in 1974 to hold the water of the river Marne so that flooding of the Seine at Paris would stop. It is managed by EPTB Seine Grands Lacs. Its construction required the destruction of three villages; Chantecoq (Marne), Champaubert-aux-Bois and Nuisement-aux-B ...
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Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the Municipal arrondissem ...
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Marne (department)
Marne () is a department in the Grand Est region of France. It is named after the river Marne which flows through it. The prefecture (capital) of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly known as Châlons-sur-Marne). The subprefectures are Épernay, Reims, and Vitry-le-François. It had a population of 566,855 in 2019. The Champagne vineyards producing the eponymous sparkling wine are in Marne. Name The department is named after the Marne, which was called ''Matrona'' in Roman times. History Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the province of Champagne. Marne has a long association with the French Army. The training ground of the ''Camp Militaire de Mailly'' straddles the border with the département of Aube in the south while that of the ''Camp de Mourmelon'' occupies a large area north of Châlons-en-Champagne. The smaller ''Camp de Moronvilliers'' lies to the east of Reims and the ...
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Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the Regions of France, administrative regions and the Communes of France, communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five Overseas department and region, overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements and 2,054 Cantons of France, cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments, and, in certain cases, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council (France), departmental council ( , ). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called gene ...
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ...
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