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Chaumont

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Also known as Chaumont-en-Bassigny

commune in Haute-Marne, France

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Chaumont is a commune in France, situated in the Grand Est region. It serves as the capital of the Haute-Marne department, the arrondissement of Chaumont, and the cantons of Chaumont-Sud and Chaumont-Nord. The town is located near the Marne and Suize rivers and shares borders with Condes, Jonchery, Laville-aux-Bois, and Neuilly-sur-Suize.

The area of Chaumont is 55.26 square kilometers. Population figures for the commune are listed as 27,554 and 28,981. Elevation data varies, with values of 318, 322, and 416 meters above sea level. The local postal code is 52000, and the timezone is Europe/Paris. Chaumont is twinned with Oostkamp, Bad Nauheim, Ivrea, and Ashton-under-Lyne.

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Locality
Chaumont
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Population
28,981
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Encyclopedic overview

Chaumont, also known Chaumont-en-Bassigny ( French pronunciation: [ʃomɔ̃ ɑ̃ basiɲi]), is a commune of France, and the prefecture of the Haute-Marne department. It has a population of about 21,000.

The city stands on the river Marne and is situated on the Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railway, which runs over a 52 m (171 ft) tall and 600 m (2,000 ft) long viaduct built in 1856. Chaumont station has rail connections to Paris, Reims, Dijon, Mulhouse and regional destinations.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaumont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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