Blessonville

Blessonville is a commune with 1653 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haute -Marne, in the Champagne -Ardenne region; it belongs to the district Chaumont and Canton Châteauvillain. Blessonville is eleven kilometers south-west of Chaumont and seven kilometers north-east of Châteauvillain between the A5 and the former Chaumont- Semoutiers Air Base.

History

Blessonville is an ancient village. Between the towns Blessonville and Bricon there is an unknown from the name of the settlement Lingones. Sigerich of Canterbury recorded the location Blaecuile in his note on the Via Francigena as a stage stop LXIV.

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