Chaumont, Haute-Marne

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 .

+ Distance from Chaumont to other cities Paris  Strasbourg  Bordeaux  Toulouse  Montpellier  Lyon  Nantes   Marseille               

+ Chaumont and its neighboring communes 350px|Map of the commune of Chaumont

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

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

Related pages
 Arrondissement of Chaumont
 Communes of the Haute-Marne department

References

Other websites

 Site officiel de la ville de Chaumont 
 Office de Tourisme du Pays de Chaumont en Champagne