Sommepy-Tahure

Sommepy-Tahure
region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Châlons-en-Champagne
Canton	Argonne Suippe et Vesle
Community association	Region de Suippes
Coordinates	49 ° 15 ′ N , 4 ° 33 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ N , 4 ° 33 ′ E
height	123-211 m
surface	68.24 km 2
Residents	623 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	9 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	51600
INSEE code	51544
Website	http://www.sommepy-tahure.fr/
	; Town Hall (Mairie) and School of Sommepy-Tahure

Sommepy-Tahure is a French commune with 623 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Marne department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Champagne-Ardenne ). It belongs to the arrondissement Châlons-en-Champagne and the canton Argonne Suippe et Vesle (until 2015 Ville-sur-Tourbe ). The inhabitants are called Sompinards or Sopinats .

geography

Sommepy-Tahure is located in the Argonne countryside , about 50 kilometers west-northwest of Verdun , on the Py . Sommepy-Tahure is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Étienne-à-Arnes in the north and north-west, Semide in the north and north-east, Aure , Manre and Gratreuil in the east, Rouvroy-Ripont in the south-east, and Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus in the South and south-east, Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus in the south and south-west and Sainte-Marie-à-Py in the west.

In 1950 the localities of Sommepy and Tahure were merged to form today's municipality.

Saint-Martin church from the 15th century with alterations from the 17th century, monument historique since 1862
French national cemetery
Sommepy Castle

A partnership has existed with the German municipality of Wassenach in Rhineland-Palatinate since 1993.

During the First World War, the German chemist Oskar Piloty (1866–1915) fell near Sommepy-Tahure .

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