Marne

The department of Marne [ maʀn ] is a French department of atomic number 51 It is in the northeast of the country in the Champagne- Ardenne region, and was named after the river Marne. The department has 566 571 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011). The capital is Châlons -en -Champagne, the most culturally significant city is Reims.

Geography

The department is bordered to the north by the department of Ardennes, on the east by the department of Meuse, in the southeast of the département of Haute- Marne, in the south of the Aube department in the southwest of the department of Seine -et -Marne and on the northwest by the Aisne.

In Marne Champagne is the landscape, which is world famous for the champagne produced there.

Coat of arms

Description: In blue a silver beam of golden meanders accompanied on both sides.

History

Like most French departments, the department of Marne in 1790 was formed. It originally consisted of the six districts of Chalons- sur- Marne, Epernay, Reims, Sainte- Menehould, Sézanne and Vitry -le- François. In 1800, were from the six districts of the five arrondissements of Chalons- sur- Marne, Epernay, Reims, Sainte- Menehould and Vitry -le- François. From 1926 to 1940, the arrondissement of Sainte- Menehould was dissolved.

Cities

The most densely populated municipalities of the department of Marne is:

Administrative divisions

The department of Marne is divided into five arrondissements, 44 cantons and 620 communes:

• List of cantons in the Marne
• Communes of the Marne department