Saint-Thierry

Saint-Thierry
Saint-Thierry
Commune
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	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 49°18′15″N 3°57′52″E / 49.3042°N 3.9644°ECoordinates: 49°18′15″N 3°57′52″E / 49.3042°N 3.9644°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Reims
Canton	Bourgogne
Intercommunality	CU Grand Reims
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Antoine Lemaire
Area 1	7.59 km2 (2.93 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	618
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	51518 /51220
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

History[]

The village is named after Saint Thierry of Mont d'Hor, who founded the Saint-Thierry Abbey.^[3] William of Saint-Thierry was elected abbot here in 1119. It was here that he wrote De natura et dignitate amoris ("On the Nature and Dignity of Love") and De contemplando Deo ("On the Contemplation of God").^[4] On 16 April 1917 Saint-Thierry was the site of one of the soviets of the Russian Revolution when soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France formed a soldiers committee on learning of the February Revolution.^[5]

References[]

INSEE commune file

^ Maires au 17-06-2020, data.gouv.fr, accessed 1 December 2020
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Baring-Gould, S. (1897), The Lives Of The Saints: Volume 06, June, London: J. C. Nimmo, p. 11–12, retrieved 30 August 2021
^ "William of Saint-Thierry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ Clément, Robert. "La Brigade Russ a Courcy". Retrieved 31 August 2014.