Mourmelon-the-Large

Mourmelon-the-Large is a common French, located in the department of the Marne and the area Champagne-Ardenne. It is a city having one of most important the military camp of France. It is also the youngest city of France. Several communes are attached to Mourmelon-the-Large (Mourmelon-le-Petit, Bouy, Vadenay, Baconnes, etc), this regrouping names Mourmelonnie.

History

In 1856, on the will of the emperor Napoleon III, the camp of Châlons was created on the grounds of Mourmelon and the surrounding villages. This decision was going to upset the life of this village which counted approximately 400 hearts. The camp was inaugurated in 1857 by the emperor who installed an imperial district there in order to remain the summer there. The creation of the camp involved an increase in the population (multiplied by three), a development of the trade (in particular coffees) and infrastructures. Several Heads of State made the honor come in Mourmelon: in 1896, it is the tsar Nicolas II of Russia and Felix Faure; in 1905, it is the king of Spain, Alphonse XIII and Emile Loubet; in 1962, the general De Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer and in 1975, it is Valery Giscard d'Estaing. (Book of the town of Mourmelon the Large one)

In the years 1980, the village was the place of the disappearance of 8 young men.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church

Personalities related to the commune

Napoleon III (emperor of the French of 1852 to 1870) which taken an imperial decree instituting the creation of a military camp on the commune.
Pierre Chanal, supposed guilty of disappearances having taken place in the years 1980

See too

Common of the Marne

External bonds

Mourmelon-the-Large on the site of the national geographical Institute
Mourmelon-the-Large on the site of Mourmelon-the-Large INSEE
on the site of Quid
Localization of Mourmelon-the-Large on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Mourmelon-the-Large on Mapquest
the site on the business on the missings of Mourmelon

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