Arcis-le-Ponsart
Arcis-le-Ponsart | |
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_1.jpg) The town hall in Arcis-le-Ponsart | |
Location of Arcis-le-Ponsart  | |
CU Grand Reims | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Luc Dubois[1] |
| Area 1 | 15.43 km2 (5.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 287 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | /51170 |
| Elevation | 100–248 m (328–814 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Arcis-le-Ponsart (French pronunciation: [aʁsi lə pɔ̃saʁ]) is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France. It is located along the D25 road, south of Courville, 32.2 kilometres (20.0 mi) by road southwest of Reims. The commune of Arcis-le-Ponsart has an area of 15.4 square kilometres (5.9 sq mi). The local economy is mainly agricultural based. Igny Abbey lies in this commune.
Toponymy
Until the early nineteenth century, the town was called Arcis-le-Poussart or simply Pousard.[3] The name Arcis comes from the Latin word "arx", meaning "fortified place"; and the nickname Ponsart refers to a former local knight from Arcy, Ponsard.[4]
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History
In 1127,
Hundred Years War, those of Charles V, the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659), the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Prussian and Russian armies of 1814.[4]
During the First World War, a military camp was installed here.
Landmarks
The Église Notre-Dame, a ruin, is attributed partly to twelfth century and partly
Diocese of Reims
. Destroyed in 1918, the abbey was rebuilt in 1929 and occupied by a community of nuns from Laval.
Population
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See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arcis-le-Ponsart, EHESS (in French).
- ^ a b c "Histoire et Patrimonie" (in French). Commune of Arcis-le-Ponsard. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ a b Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert (1896). North-eastern France (Public domain ed.). Macmillan. pp. 426–. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "L'abbaye d'Igny" (in French). Arcis-le-Ponsart. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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