Montmort-Lucy

Montmort-Lucy
region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Epernay
Canton	Dormans-Paysages de Champagne
Community association	Paysages de la Champagne
Coordinates	48 ° 55 '  N , 3 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 55 '  N , 3 ° 49'  E
height	157-246 m
surface	29.17 km 2
Residents	608 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	21 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	51270
INSEE code	51381

Montmort-Lucy is a French commune with 608 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Marne department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épernay and the Canton Dormans-Paysages de Champagne (until 2015: Canton Montmort-Lucy ) and lies on the Surmelin River .

history

Montmort had a fortress since the 12th century. A Renaissance castle was built on its foundation walls , which belonged to the Béthune (Sully) house and then to the Hangest house .

Victor Hugo described the Montmort Castle as a "ravissant tohu-bohu de tourelles de girouettes, de pignons, de lucarnes et de cheminées", as a "gorgeous hubbub of turrets, weather vanes, gables, hatchings and chimneys".

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	483	492	460	497	583	589	597	589
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Château de Montmort

Attractions

• Château de Montmort (16th century)
• The Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul church (16th century)
• The Notre-Dame de Montmort priory
• The 18th century church of Lucy
• La Charmoye, a Cistercian abbey founded in 1167 by Count Henry I of Champagne , which gave it to monks from the Vauclair monastery ; today's buildings date from the 1750s.

Personalities

• Colonel General v. Bülow, 2nd German Army, had its headquarters in the Château de Montmort during the Battle of the Marne
• The mathematician Pierre Rémond de Montmort (1678-1719) became the owner of the castle in 1704.

Web links

Commons : Montmort-Lucy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Montmort Castle (with picture)