Courcy, Marne

Courcy
Courcy
	Courcy
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Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Reims
Canton	Bourgogne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Martine Jolly
Area1	15.5 km2 (6.0 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,388
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	51183 / 51220
Elevation	75–161 m (246–528 ft); (avg. 78 m or 256 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Courcy is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

History

Courcy was a contested village during the First World War. During the Second Battle of the Aisne the Russian Expeditionary Force in France captured the village on 16 April 1916.

German Defensive earthworks, 1915 (photo Hans Hildenbrand)
Generals Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lokhvitsky and Fyodor Fyodorovich Palitzin inspecting the Russian soldiers at Courcy, 13 May 1917

Courcy

Courcy
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Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Reims
Canton	Bourgogne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Martine Jolly
Area¹	15.5 km² (6.0 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	1,388
• Density	90/km² (230/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	51183 / 51220
Elevation	75–161 m (246–528 ft) (avg. 78 m or 256 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.