Courcy, Marne

Courcy
Commune
The town hall in Courcy
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Coordinates: 49°19′26″N 4°00′12″E / 49.3239°N 4.0033°E / 49.3239; 4.0033Coordinates: 49°19′26″N 4°00′12″E / 49.3239°N 4.0033°E / 49.3239; 4.0033
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Reims
Canton	Bourgogne
Intercommunality	CU Grand Reims
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Martine Jolly
Area 1	15.5 km2 (6.0 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,132
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Courcy (French pronunciation: [kuʁsi] (listen)) 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 1917.

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  German Defensive earthworks, 1915 (photo Hans Hildenbrand)

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  Generals Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lokhvitsky and Fyodor Fyodorovich Palitzin inspecting the Russian soldiers at Courcy, 13 May 1917

See also[]

• Communes of the Marne department

References[]

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