Valmy (Marne)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Châlons-en-Champagne | |
| Canton | Argonne Suippe et Vesle | |
| Community association | Region de Suippes | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 5 ' N , 4 ° 46' E | |
| height | 140-213 m | |
| surface | 24.9 km 2 | |
| Residents | 294 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 51800 | |
| INSEE code | 51588 | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Valmy |
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Valmy is a French commune with 294 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 Sainte-Menehould ). The inhabitants are called Valmesiens .
geography
Valmy is around forty kilometers east-northeast of Châlons-en-Champagne . Neighboring municipalities are Hans in the north, Dommartin-sous-Hans in the north and northeast, Maffrécourt in the northeast, Braux-Sainte-Cohière in the east, Dommartin-Dampierre in the southeast, Gizaucourt and La Chapelle-Felcourt in the south, and Saint-Mard-sur-Auve in the south and south-west, Auve in the south-west, La Croix-en-Champagne in the west and Somme-Bionne in the north-west.
The A4 autoroute runs through the municipality .
history
On September 20, 1792, during the first coalition war, the Valmy cannonade took place , as a result of which the Prussian-Hessian army withdrew from France.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 354 | 291 | 302 | 290 | 290 | 284 | 276 | 290 | 292 |
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Attractions
- church
- Henriette Ginetti Chapel
- Windmill
- Statues of General François Christophe Kellermann, Francisco de Miranda and the bust of Simón Bolívar
- museum
church
Henriette Ginetti Chapel
Windmill
the Kellermann monument
