Fismes
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Reims | |
| Canton | Fismes-Montagne de Reims | |
| Community association | Grand Reims | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 18 ′ N , 3 ° 41 ′ E | |
| height | 57-179 m | |
| surface | 16.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,487 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 328 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 51170 | |
| INSEE code | 51250 | |
| Website | http://www.fismes.fr/ | |
 Town hall from 1927 |
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Fismes [ fim ] is a French commune with 5487 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Marne department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Reims and is the capital of the canton of Fismes-Montagne de Reims . Before it was dissolved in 2015, the municipality was the capital of the canton of Fismes . The inhabitants are called Fismois (es) .
geography
Fismes is located about 22 kilometers west-northwest of Reims on the Vesle , into which the Ardre river flows near . Fismes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Blanzy-lès-Fismes and Les Septvallons with Merval in the north, Baslieux-lès-Fismes in the northeast, Courlandon and Magneux in the east, Courville in the southeast, Saint-Gilles in the south, Ville-Savoye and Mont-Saint -Martin in the southwest, Bazoches-sur-Vesles and Les Septvallons with Perles in the northwest.
The national road Route nationale 31 runs through the municipality from Reims to Soissons .
history
Under the Latin name Ad Fines Remorum (end of the Remer area ), Fismes originated in Gallo-Roman times on the border between the areas of the Celtic tribes of the Suessionen and the Remer.
The place, which extended on the southern slope of the Vesle valley, was destroyed by the Normans and the Hungarians . 1226 he was selected by Theobald IV. For free city under the leadership of a mayor and two Deputy explained. This circumstance favored the development of handicrafts, trade and markets.
The city walls grew and a stone church was built. A castle was built on today's Place de la Poste - the poet Eustache Deschamps was burgrave in Fismes in 1381 - and later the first town hall on the site of the current building. During the Hundred Years War and the Wars of Religion , the city was destroyed again, while the Fronde fell in the 17th century, the castle and the city wall.
For many French kings on the way to anointing , by Louis XIII. until Charles X , Fismes was the last stop before Reims. Napoleon Bonaparte signed two important decrees in the city , followed by 30,000 Prussian soldiers who plundered the city. The 19th century was characterized by rapid industrialization. Sugar factories, china factories, foundries, hat makers, tanneries, mills and the railroad changed the place.
Fismes was hit with full force by the First World War . The Germans occupied the city, were driven out in 1916 and nearly razed to the ground in another attack in May 1918. The new town hall built in 1912 was almost completely destroyed and rebuilt by 1927. 1926 gave US - State of Pennsylvania of the city to commemorate the American soldiers who liberated the city, a bridge over the Vesle, which was completed 1928th
The Second World War largely spared buildings and infrastructure. However, fourteen residents who had resisted the German occupiers died in concentration camps , including the mayor. Today streets are named after these victims.
- Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 3,490 | 3,634 | 4.233 | 4,674 | 5,286 | 5,313 | 5,351 | 5,404 |
Attractions
- town hall
- Saint-Macre church from the 12th century, with additions and alterations from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, monument historique since 1919. It bears the name of Saint Macre, a local girl who was owned by a Roman Prefect tortured and later canonized .
- Bridge "Pont mémorial" in memory of the 28th US division, the only memorial of its kind in Europe
Town hall (east facade)
Saint-Macre church
Pont mémorial
Personalities
- Félix Billet (1808-1882), physicist
- Athanase Coquerel (1820–1875), theologian and writer, died in Fismes
- Maurice Brocco (1885–1965), racing cyclist
- Albert Uderzo (1927-2020), draftsman
Parish partnership
There has been a partnership with the German municipality of Bad Oeynhausen in East Westphalia in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1968 and the Italian municipality of Truggio in the province of Monza and Brianza (Lombardy) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c L'histoire de la Commune at fismes.fr, accessed on December 27, 2017
- ↑ a b Le Pont-monument de Fismette à Fismes (Marne) , accessed on December 28, 2017
- ↑ Le pont mémorial de Fismes, unique en Europe ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at lunion.fr, accessed on December 27, 2017
