Mailly-le-Camp
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Aube | |
| Arrondissement | Troyes | |
| Canton | Arcis-sur-Aube | |
| Community association | Arcis, Mailly, Ramerupt | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 40 ′ N , 4 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 118-202 m | |
| surface | 42.7 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,579 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 10230 | |
| INSEE code | 10216 | |
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Mailly-le-Camp is a northern French municipality with 1,579 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Troyes and the canton of Arcis-sur-Aube .
geography
The municipality is located around 35 kilometers south of Châlons-en-Champagne in the Champagne sèche (German: dry Champagne ) landscape on the border with the Marne department . Neighboring municipalities are Sommesous in the north (Marne department), Poivres in the east, Trouans in the south, Villiers-Herbisse in the southwest, Semoine in the west and Montepreux (Marne department) in the northwest. The municipality is drained by the Huîtrelle river in a southerly direction towards the Aube .
Transport links
Mailly is accessed in a north-south direction by the D677 département road. The railway line from Châlons-en-Champagne to Troyes also has a stop here. At the same time, the A26 motorway also crosses the western municipal area.
history
The place was first mentioned in writing in 859 as Mailliacus .
Military camp
From around 1892 the area around Mailly was used by the French military as a training area. In 1902 a permanent training area was set up. In 1903, by decree of the French President, Mailly was given the suffix -le-Camp . During the First World War , the site was used by the Russian Army Expeditionary Force in France , among others .
During the Second World War , the training area was used by the German occupiers to train armored units of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS . On the night of May 3 to 4, 1944, in preparation for Operation Overlord , the camp was attacked by 346 British Lancaster bombers and 14 De Havilland DH.98 mosquitos . Around 1500 tons of bombs were dropped and 42 Lancasters shot down. The civilian population was also affected.
After the war, the US and French military used the camp as a tank and missile training area. Among other things, new weapons were tested here.
It is currently used as a training area by the French military. The training unit "CENTAC / 1 er groupe de chasseurs" has been stationed here since 2016
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1448 | 1490 | 1593 | 1589 | 1375 | 1423 | 1614 | 1546 |
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literature
- Arthur Robert, Arsène Thévenot: Guide du Camp de Mailly, de la Ville d'Arcis-sur-Aube et des Communes Limitrophes du Camp. G. Bonnot, Arcis-sur-Aube 1908 (reprise de l'édition: Mailly-le-Camp et ses Environs (= Monographies des Villes et Villages de France. 753). Res Universis, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-87760-704 -6 ).
- Philippe Pierrejean: Mailly-le-Camp. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2007, ISBN 978-2-84910-615-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ministère de la Defense: Historique du camp ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on defense.gouv.fr , accessed January 24, 2015
- ↑ Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary - Campaign Diary May 1944 ( Memento of April 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
