Chaumont, Haute-Marne

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Commune of Chaumont

Location
Longitude 05° 08' 20" E
Latitude 48° 06' 42" N
Administration
Country France
Région Champagne-Ardenne
Département Haute-Marne
(préfecture)
Arrondissement Chaumont
Canton Chief town of 2 cantons
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays chaumontais
Mayor Jean-Claude Daniel
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Land area¹ 55.26 km²
Population²
(1999)
25,996
 - Density (1999) 470/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 52121/ 52000
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).
France

Chaumont is a commune of France, and the préfecture (capital) of the Haute-Marne département. Population (2002): approx. 30,000.

[edit] Geography

The city stands on the Marne River and is situated on the railway linking Paris and Basel, which runs over a 50 m (164 ft) tall viaduct there.

[edit] History

Historically the seat of the counts of Bassigny and later of Champagne, Chaumont was the venue of an offensive treaty against Napoleon I signed by the United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia, and Russia in 1814. Chaumont was bombed in 1940 and 1944 during World War II.

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