Andelot-Blancheville

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Commune of Andelot-Blancheville
Location
Longitude	05° 17' 58" E
Latitude	48° 14' 38" N
Administration
Country	France
Région	Champagne-Ardenne
Département	Haute-Marne
Arrondissement	Chaumont
Canton	Andelot-Blancheville
Statistics
Land area¹	33,18 km²
Population² (1999)	1,004
- Density (1999)	30/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	52008/ 52700
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Andelot-Blancheville is a commune in the Haute-Marne département, on the river Rognon (a tributary of the Marne).

Contents 1 Present 2 Treaty (587) 3 People linked to Andelot 4 Sources and references

[edit] Present

Andelot is the capital of the canton of Andelot-Blancheville, in the arrondissement of Chaumont.

Circa 1950 it had a population of 770, of which 687 in its tiny 'agglomération'.

[edit] Treaty (587)

It was the site of an important pact, known as the treaty of Andelot, by which king Guntram of Burgundy and queen Brunehaut agreed that Guntram was to adopt her and Sigebert I of Austrasia's son Childebert II as his successor, and ally himself with Childebert against the revolted leudes.

It also brought about the cession of Tours by Guntram to Childebert.

[edit] People linked to Andelot

• François de Coligny, the younger brother of the huguenots admiral Coligny and cardinal Coligny, born in 1521 at Châtillon-sur-Loing, was styled seigneur d'Andelot; but the castle of Andelot was not in the Andelot-Blancheville city, but at Andelot village (now called Andelot-Morval, in the Jura department).
• the composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair was born in Andelot

[edit] Sources and references

• This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia. passim
• Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré (1952, in French)