Sainte-Menehould

Sainte-Menehould

Sainte-Menehould
Administration
Country France
Region Champagne-Ardenne
Department Marne
Arrondissement Sainte-Menehould
Canton Sainte-Menehould
Mayor Bertrand Courot
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 132–261 m (433–856 ft)
Land area1 57.11 km2 (22.05 sq mi)
Population2 4,979  (1999)
 - Density 87 /km2 (230 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 51507/ 51800
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sainte-Menehould is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

The town and its several restaurants pride themselves on serving a local specialty called pied de cochon or pig's trotters.

Among the historically aware Sainte-Menehould is remembered as the town where, in 1791, the king, Louis XVI was recognised, allegedly on account of the similarity between his face and the image of him that appeared on the coinage, during his attempted flight from Paris towards Flanders (then part of the Austrian empire and thereby ruled by his queen's older brother). The royal party left the town before the significance of the king's recognition had been acted upon, but they were pursued along the road towards Varennes and arrested by Citizen Drouet who is remembered as the local postmaster.

130 years later Ste-Menehould was important in the Champagne Riots of 1910/1911.

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