Named after the river Marne , its prefecture is Chaumont. In , it had a population of , Haute-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, In March the departmental prefecture , Chaumont, was the unwitting witness to the end of the First Empire. On 1 March, Prussia , Russia , the United Kingdom and Austria signed an accord forbidding any individual peace deal with Napoleon I , and to fight until his final defeat.
The east was a "reserved zone", intended for the creation of a new German Ripuarian state, whereas to the west would be the traditional "occupied zone". Haute-Marne was finally liberated by the Allies, in the form of the division of General Leclerc , between August and September The highest mountain is Haut-du-Sac, in the Langres Plateau , in the southwest of the department, which rises to a height of m 1, ft.
The lowest points at m ft are found on the plains of Perthois and Der. The department is named after the river Marne , whose source is near Langres. This river covers km 75 mi within the department. The department is to the east of the Parisian basin, and is characterised by a concentric sequence of cliff faces of varying geological origin, oriented northeastβsouthwest.
The most populous commune is Saint-Dizier ; the prefecture Chaumont is the second-most populous. As of , there are 5 communes with more than 3, inhabitants: [ 3 ]. The Haute-Marne department is not a famous department but this peaceful territory has numerous interesting places to visit.
Indeed, the department was one of the most powerful in French history thanks to metallurgy economy and was a land of confrontations along history. Thus, among other examples, the French Wars of Religion from to began with the Massacre of Vassy in the north of the Haute-Marne department. Following this event, open military conflicts across France Kingdom began. The Edict of Nantes is the consequence of this period. The president of the Departmental Council is Nicolas Lacroix , elected in Contents move to sidebar hide.
