Haute-Marne (; English: Upper Marne) is a department in the Grand Est region of Northeastern France. Named after the river Marne, its prefecture is Chaumont. In 2019, it had a population of 172,512.[Marne ]departments
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in northeastern France
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. Its source is in the village of Gillancourt. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...
of the 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
Guindrecourt-sur-Blaise (, literally ''Guindrecourt on Blaise'') is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.
Geography
The river Blaise flows through the commune.
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Marne department
T ...
, Daillancourt, Bouzancourt, Cirey-sur-Blaise
Cirey-sur-Blaise (, literally ''Cirey on Blaise'') is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.
Geography
The river Blaise flows through the commune.
See also
* Chateau de Cirey
*Communes of the Haute-Marne department ...
, Arnancourt, Doulevant-le-Château
Doulevant-le-Château (, before 1992: ''Blaiserives'') is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. It was created in 1972 by the merger of two former communes: Doulevant-le-Château and Villiers-aux-Chênes. , Dommartin-le-Saint-Père, Courcelles-sur-Blaise
Courcelles-sur-Blaise (, literally ''Courcelles on Blaise'') is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.
Geography
The river Blaise flows through the commune.
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Marne department
The f ...
, Dommartin-le-Franc
Dommartin-le-Franc () is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.
Geography
The Blaise flows northward through the middle of the commune and crosses the village.
People
It is the birthplace of Elzéar Auguste Cousin d ...
, Ville-en-Blaisois, Doulevant-le-Petit, Rachecourt-Suzémont, Vaux-sur-Blaise
Vaux-sur-Blaise (, literally ''Vaux on Blaise'') is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.
Geography
The river Blaise flows through the commune.
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Marne department
The following is ...
, Montreuil-sur-Blaise
Montreuil-sur-Blaise (, literally ''Montreuil on Blaise'') is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.
Geography
The river Blaise flows through the commune.
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Marne department
The fol ...
, Brousseval, Wassy
Wassy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Marne Departments of France, department in north-eastern France. Its population, as of 2019, is 2,819. Wassy has been Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with the German town of Eppingen i ...
, Attancourt, Louvemont, Allichamps, Humbécourt, Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière
*Marne: Landricourt, Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement, Hauteville, Écollemont, Arrigny
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Marne (department)
Rivers of Haute-Marne
Rivers of Grand Est
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