Title: Chaumont, Haute-Marne Content: Chaumont is a commune of France, and the capital (or prefecture) of the Haute- Marne department in the Grand Est region. ==Geography== The city of Chaumont is on the Langres plateau on the geographical centre of the Haute-Marne department in northeast France. It is along the Marne (river) river. It has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  The commune of Chaumont is surrounded by the communes Condes, Treix, Chamarandes- Choignes, Laville-aux-Bois, Biesles, Verbiesles, Neuilly-sur-Suize, Richebourg, Semoutiers-Montsaon, Villiers-le-Sec and Jonchery. Two rivers flow through the city: the Suize to the west and the Marne to the east. ===Climate=== The climate of Chaumont, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Chaumont are known, in French, as Chaumontais (women: Chaumontaises). The city of Chaumont has a population, in 2014, of 22,674; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Chaumont Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:30000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:5000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 25779 bar:1975 from:0 till: 27226 bar:1982 from:0 till: 27554 bar:1990 from:0 till: 27041 bar:1999 from:0 till: 25996 bar:2006 from:0 till: 24357 bar:2011 from:0 till: 22705 bar:2014 from:0 till: 22674 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 25779 fontsize:S text: 25,779 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 27226 fontsize:S text: 27,226 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 27554 fontsize:S text: 27,554 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 27041 fontsize:S text: 27,041 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 25996 fontsize:S text: 25,996 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 24357 fontsize:S text: 24,357 shift:(-15,5) bar:2011 at: 22705 fontsize:S text: 22,705 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 22674 fontsize:S text: 22,674 shift:(-15,5) Chaumont forms with Chamarandes-Choignes the urban area of Chaumont with a population of 23,716 inhabitants (2014) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Chaumont, formed by 65 communes, with a population of 42,594 inhabitants (2014) and an area of . == Administration == Chaumont is the prefecture of the Haute-Marne department, the capital of the arrondissement of Chaumont and the administrative centre  of three cantons: * Chaumont-1 formed by 6 communes and part of Chaumont, with 10,816 inhabitants (2014). * Chaumont-2 formed by 4 communes and part of Chaumont, with 8,534 inhabitants (2014). * Chaumont-3 formed by 5 communes and part of Chaumont, with 10,609 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Chaumont, du Bassin Nogentais et du Bassin de Bologne Vignory Froncles . === Twinned and partner towns === Chaumont is twinned with: * Ashton-under-Lyne, England, since 1956. * Ivrée, Italy, since 1983. * Bad Nauheim, Germany, since 1992. * Oostkamp, Belgium, since 2004. ==Gallery== File:Chaumont (Haute- Marne) vieille ville.jpg|Chaumont old city File:Le viaduc de Chaumont 1856.jpg|The viaduct of Chaumont File:France Haute Marne Chaumont 02.jpg| Saint Jean Baptiste Basilica File:Basilique St jean Baptiste de Chaumont (52).jpg|Saint Jean Baptiste Basilica inside ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Chaumont * Communes of the Haute-Marne department