Chassigny
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haute-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Langres | |
| Canton | Villegusien-le-Lac | |
| Community association | Auberive, Vingeanne et Montsaugeonnais | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 43 ' N , 5 ° 23' E | |
| height | 290–373 m | |
| surface | 15.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 253 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 52190 | |
| INSEE code | 52113 | |
| Website | http://www.ccpm-prauthoy.org/chass.htm | |
 Notre-Dame church |
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Chassigny is a French commune with 253 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Langres and is part of the municipality association Auberive Vingeanne et Montsaugeonnais .
geography
Chassigny is located on the southern border of the Grand Est region to the neighboring region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté .
history
People lived in the Chassigny area as early as prehistoric times. In the nearby Dommarien , which was part of the municipality of Chassigny for several years, remains of a tumulus from the Hallstatt and the subsequent La Tène period can be found. In the area of today's Chassigny there was a Celtic oppidum .
The Château de Chassigny , reported by sources from the 13th century, no longer stands.
The Diderot family had a country house in Chassigny.
In the 1970s, the community merged with the neighborhoods Coublanc , Dommarien and a short time later Grandchamp to form the municipality of Chassigny-Asey . In 1990 the entire community was dissolved again. Chassigny reverted to its original name.
meteorite
The place became known through a Martian meteorite found there in 1815 . The class to which the meteorite belongs is called Chassignite after the locality .