Chauffeur

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Chauffeur
Chauffourt Coat of Arms
Chauffourt (France)
Chauffeur
region Grand Est
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Langres
Canton Bourbonne-les-Bains
Community association Community de communes du Grand Langres
Coordinates 47 ° 59 ′  N , 5 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′  N , 5 ° 26 ′  E
height 360-513 m
surface 9.63 km 2
Residents 204 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 21 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 52140
INSEE code 52120

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Chauffourt is a French commune with 204 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Langres .

geography

Chauffourt is located around 27 kilometers southeast of the city of Chaumont in the south of the Haute-Marne department.

history

The mechanization of agriculture led to heavy emigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Chauffourt was historically part of the Baillage de Chaumont within the province of Champagne . The place belonged from 1793 to 1801 to the District Langres. Also from 1793 to 1801 to the canton of Neuilly l'Evêque and from 1801 to 2015 to the canton of Montigny (name from 1974: Val-de-Meuse ).

Population development

year 1793 1846 1856 1886 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 385 586 507 480 248 248 223 234 229 205 212 201
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint Julien village church from 1833 and 1892
  • Calvary on a hill west of the village
  • Fort Dampierre lies partly in the territory of the municipality of Chauffourt

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the church and photos (French)

Web links

Commons : Chauffourt  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files