Mourmelon-le-Grand

Mourmelon -le- Grand is a commune with 5186 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Marne in the Champagne-Ardenne region in the arrondissement of Chalons-en -Champagne in the canton Suippes.

Geography

Through the village leads the department D19 road, hit the here the D21 and the D335. In the city there is an important center of the French military.

History

1856 by Napoleon III. the establishment of the military base located, the actual inauguration took place in 1857. During the First World War, the city and the military training area of German troops was on September 3, occupied in 1914. The retreating French units were large amounts of equipment, including back some planes. In the final phase of World War II in late 1944 was stationed the 17th Airborne Division in Mourmelon -le -Grand.

The population of the parish was 1962 3518 people and rose to 2006 to 5138 people.

In Mourmelon -le- Grand is a large French military cemetery.

Personalities

The French linguist and literary scholar Paul Dimoff (1880-1973) was born in Mourmelon -le -Grand.