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

A inhabitant of Sommepy-Tahure is called a Sompinard or a soupinat .

Because of its surface, Sommepy-Tahure is the largest village of the Marne. But the majority of the grounds are in the Camp of Suippes.

History

Emblem communal

(Image in progress) Supposed to be dated from XIXe, its origin is rather mysterious. Engraved on the pediment of the new Town hall in 1892, it was kept for its current interpretation of the village. The sheep represents the breeding sheep which was in the past and the two sheaves of corn for the current culture which is made around Sommepy-Tahure.

Etymology of Sommepy-Tahure

Sommepy-Tahure is not the first name of the village.

In Latin: Soman Pynus (the source of Py)

At the 12th century, it prénommait still reduced Somepin then under the name Sompy with XVIIe and 18th centuries.

At the time of its passage to the village on July 18th, 1592, Henri IV writing with his cousin and speaks about the village by using the name Souppy .

With XIXe, the Nap-Py terms and SommePy are used in official texts.

Tahure comes from the name of the village destroyed during the war from 1914-1918 which is now in the camp of Suippes as well as the villages of:

Tahure was then attached in the name of Sommepy in the decree of June 14th, 1950 and was appeared in the Official journal to specify the joint of the names of the two villages to form: Sommepy-Tahure

Administration

Demography

Event

Sommepy-Tahure accommodates every 4 years the festival of the Sheep.

Places and monuments

War memorials

Sommepy-Tahure belongs to these villages which were devastated by the two world wars. Indeed, Sommepy-Tahure is surrounded by 2 steles of which one is dedicated to the 171 {{E}} and 17 {{E}} R.I

The Monument with the White Mount was set up in 1937 to commemorate the exploit of 70.000 American soldiers having fought out of Champagne at the time of the summer 1918. This monument is surrounded by an American memorial. It is engraved in the yellow limestone of the tower: " Set up by the United States of America to commemorate the important facts of their soldiers and the French soldiers who fought in this area during the war mondiale."

The Monument Ossuary of Navarin (also called War memorial of the Champagne armies)

Destroyed villages

There remain some ruins of the villages destroyed during the war of 1914-1918 and which are now in the camps soldier of Suippes. The soldiers open the camps with the public once per annum and it is thus possible to visit the ruins.

The castle of Sommepy

The castle of Sommepy was located on the place says “Orgemont”. It was destroyed with the remainder of the village during the war 1914-1918 but there remains today its gate of stone entry, located at the edge of a rest area of secondary road 977.

Personalities related to the commune

After the second world war, André the Oilcan (born in Sommepy-Tahure) crossed the Atlantic to join the United States with an aim of carrying out conferences in favor of the destroyed villages. In Washington, a bottom of east assistance creates for the re-creation of the villages and Sommepy was the first selected village.

See too

  • Common of the Marne

External bonds

  • Internet site of Sommepy-Tahure
  • Sommepy-Tahure on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Sommepy-Tahure on the site of INSEE
  • Sommepy-Tahure on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Sommepy-Tahure on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Sommepy-Tahure on Mapquest
  • American Site on the monuments of war

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