Montmirail, Marne

Montmirail
Commune
The town hall in Montmirail
The town hall in Montmirail
Location of Montmirail
Map
Montmirail is located in France
Montmirail
Montmirail
Montmirail is located in Grand Est
Montmirail
Montmirail
Coordinates: 48°52′13″N 3°32′14″E / 48.8702°N 3.5371°E / 48.8702; 3.5371
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMarne
ArrondissementÉpernay
CantonSézanne-Brie et Champagne
IntercommunalityCC Brie Champenoise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Etienne Dhuicq[1]
Area
1
48.82 km2 (18.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,557
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
51380 /51210
Elevation205 m (673 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montmirail (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃miʁaj]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Castle, church

Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (1613-1679), a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde was born in Montmirail.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,061—    
1975 3,423+1.61%
1982 3,696+1.10%
1990 3,812+0.39%
1999 3,783−0.08%
2007 3,796+0.04%
2012 3,742−0.29%
2017 3,598−0.78%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Saintsbury, George (1911). "Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). pp. 203–204.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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