Orconte

Orconte is a common French, located in the department of the Marne and the area Champagne-Ardenne.

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

The Captain Antoine of Saint Exupéry (1900 - 1944) remained in the commune during the winter 1939, with the Group of Great Recognition 2/33; he evokes this period and the farm (opposite the church) where he lived in " Pilot of Guerre".

Today, the ground from where it took off is become again a field, joint between the 2 neighbouring communes. The place of the village bears its name.

See too

Common of the Marne

External bonds

Orconte on the site of the national geographical Institute
Orconte on the site of INSEE
Orconte on the site of Quid
Localization of Orconte on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Orconte on Mapquest

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