Charly-sur-Marne

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Coordinates: 48°58′41″N 3°17′10″E / 48.9780555556, 3.28611111111

Commune of Charly-sur-Marne
Location
Charly-sur-Marne (France)
Charly-sur-Marne
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Château-Thierry
Canton Charly-sur-Marne
Intercommunality Charly sur Marne
Mayor Denis Robert
(2003-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 57 m–211 m
(avg. 63 m)
Land area¹ 20,52 km²
Population²
(1999)		 2727
 - Density 132/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 02163/ 02310
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Charly is a fortified city of 9th-century Burgundy located on the Marne River in France.

It is now a commune in Aisne department in Picardie named Charly-sur-Marne. The name was changed in 2006.[1]

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[edit] Geography

The old city lies to the north of the Marne. The river has moved south through accretion since the town was originally built. Across the river are the villages of Nogent-l'Artaud and Pavant. The town had 2,727 inhabitants as of 1999, and covers 20.52 km ². The town of Charly is half-way between La Ferté-sous-Jouarre and Château-Thierry, and half-way between Paris and Rheims.

The Canton of Charly-sur-Marne has a population of 13,712 (1999) and covers 212,08 km².

[edit] History

Map showing British advance at the First Battle of the Marne, 1914
Map showing British advance at the First Battle of the Marne, 1914

There is archaeological evidence of a Roman town on the site. The name of the town is a shortened form of Charles, believed to have been so named because Charles Martel had one of his palaces here. In 858 Charles the Bald, granted rights to establish the female abbey of Notre-Dame de Soissons, which included extensive seigniory lands in Charly, which dedicated lands lasted until the French revolution. Before 1789, Charly did not have a local government. It was managed by the provost, then baillif, of the abbess of Notre-Dame de Soissons. After the revolution, in 1792, the former vicar of Charly became mayor.

In 1652, the troops of Cardinal Mazarini were defeated by the Huguenots outside the walls of Charly.

Louis Emile Morlot (*1859, 1907), was the mayor of Charly, a French Deputy, and the leader in the legal battle to keep the name Champagne restricted to the sparking wine produced from the vineyards located between Crouttes-sur-Marne and Trélou. This protection was ensured by the Treaty of Madrid (1891).

In the First World War, the German First Army under von Kluck had occupied Charly, when in the First Battle of the Marne, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) counter-attack crossed the Marne at Charly.

[edit] Economy

Charly has extensive vineyards (950 ha.) of Chardonnay grapes used in the production of Champagne (appellation controlled).

[edit] Architecture

  • The Convent of the Cordeliers with its many towers.
  • St. Martin's Church
  • The Tomb of Commandant Cornette (a General of Napoleon)


[edit] References

  1. ^ Décret n°2006-808 du 7 juillet 2006 portant changement de nom de communes
  • Based on the article in the French Wikipedia.

[edit] External links

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