Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers

Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers

Coordinates: 49°17′51″N 4°19′13″E / 49.2975°N 4.3203°E / 49.2975; 4.3203Coordinates: 49°17′51″N 4°19′13″E / 49.2975°N 4.3203°E / 49.2975; 4.3203
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Marne
Arrondissement Reims
Canton Beine-Nauroy
Area1 31.52 km2 (12.17 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,376
  Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 51440 / 51490

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.

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

Although the town of Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers was originally two separate smaller towns, Pontfaverger and Moronvilliers, they were joined together as one in 1950 after Moronvilliers was destroyed during World War I and never rebuilt.

German cemetery, World War I.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the Suippe river.

See also

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