Haute-Marne

[ oht-marn ]

noun

1. a department in E France. 2,416 sq. mi. (6,255 sq. km). : Chaumont.

Haute-Marne

/ otmarn /

noun

1. a department of NE France, in Champagne-Ardenne region. Capital: Chaumont. Pop: 190 983 (2003 est). Area: 6257 sq km (2440 sq miles)

Example Sentences

He died in 1970 and is buried in the village of Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises in the northern département of Haute-Marne.

From BBC

Not one voter in Brachay, in the Haute-Marne, opted for France's two main parties at the European elections.

From BBC

He was educated at the �cole des Chartes, and became successively keeper of the archives of the department of Haute-Marne and of the imperial archives at Paris under the empire.

From Project Gutenberg

Although the Department of Haute-Marne was included in the armistice, the commandant of Langres had refused to recognize the authority of his Government.

From Project Gutenberg

The Vosges are buttressed on the west by the Faucilles, which curve southwards to meet the plateau of Langres, and by the plateaus of Haute-Marne, united to the Ardennes on the north-eastern frontier by the wooded highlands of Argonne.

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