Haute-Marne

Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marner river. It is in the Grand Est region and its prefecture (capital) is the city of Chaumont.

Charles de Gaulle lived until his death in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.

History
Haute-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Chaumont as is capital. It was formed with parts of the former provinces of Champagne,  Burgundy, Lorraine and Franche-Comté.

It was divided in six districts: Bourbonne, Bourmont, Chaumont, Joinville, Langres and Saint-Dizier.

In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the six districts were changed into three arrondissements: Chaumont, Langres and Wassy.

After the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), the department was occupied by the Austrian army from June 1815 to November 1818.

On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Wassy was eliminated but in 1940 Wassy was made again an arrondissement but the subprefecture was moved to Saint-Dizier.

Geography
The Haute-Marne department is in the Grand Est region. It is bordered by 6 departments in two regions:
 Grand Est region
 Meuse department (north)
 Vosges (east)
 Aube (west)
 Marne (northwest)
 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
 Haute-Saône (southeast)
 Côte-d'Or (southwest)

Haute-Marne has an area of , and its highest point is in the Bois de Baissey in the commune Baissey in the southern part of the department; it is  high (), and is in the Langres plateau.

The main river is the Marne river; it starts in the Langres plateau and flows through  in the department.

Climate
This area is characterized by climates with few extremes of temperature. The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Saint-Dizier is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "Cfb".

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Saint-Dizier is . The month with the most precipitation on average is November with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of .

The average temperature for the year in Saint-Dizier is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 

Administration
Haute-Marne is managed by the Departmental Council of Haute-Marne in Chaumont. The department is part of the Grand Est region.

Administrative divisions
There are 5 arrondissements (districts), 23 cantons and 427 communes (municipalities) in Haute-Marne.

+ Arrondissements of Haute-Marne INSEEcode  Arrondissement  Capital  Population(2014)  Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²)  Communes 521  Chaumont  Chaumont  64,970  2,476.3    159 522  Langres  Langres  44,332  2,162.9    157 523  Saint-Dizier  Saint-Dizier  71,371  1,571.4    111

The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Haute-Marne department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

 Bologne (5201)
 Bourbonne-les-Bains (5202)
 Chalindrey (5203)
 Châteauvillain (5204)
 Chaumont-1 (5205)
 Chaumont-2 (5206)
 Chaumont-3 (5207)
 Eurville-Bienville (5208)
 Joinville (5209)
 Langres (5210)
 Nogent (5211)
 Poissons (5212)
 Saint-Dizier-1 (5213)
 Saint-Dizier-2 (5214)
 Saint-Dizier-3 (5215)
 Villegusien-le-Lac (5216)
 Wassy (5217)

Demographics
The inhabitants of the Haute-Marne department are known, in French, as Haut-Marnais (women: Haut-Marnaises),

Haute-Marne had a population, in 2014, of 180,673, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Saint-Dizier, with 71,371 inhabitants, is the arrondissement with more inhabitants.

Evolution of the population in Haute-Marne

The communes with more inhabitants in the Haute-Marne department are:

 City  Population (2014) Arrondissement Saint-Dizier  25,505  Saint-Dizier Chaumont  22,560  Chaumont Langres  7,877  Langres Nogent  3,865  Chaumont Joinville  3,407  Saint-Dizier Wassy  2,893  Saint-Dizier Chalindrey  2,437  Langres La Porte du Der  2,335  Saint-Dizier Eurville-Bienville  2,134  Saint-Dizier Bourbonne-les-Bains  2,106  Langres Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière  2,083  Saint-Dizier

Gallery

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Haute-Marne department
 Communes of the Haute-Marne department

References

Other websites

 Departmental Council website  
 Prefecture of the Haute-Marne department  
 Tourism in Haute-Marne