Haute-Marne (Department, France)

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• Administrative data

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Administrative data

Code: 52
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Traditional provinces: Champagne, Bourgogne, Lorraine, Franche-Comté
Bordering departments: Aube, Côte-d'Or, Marne, Meuse, Haute-Saône, Vosges

Area: 6,211 km²
Population (1995): 200,100 inhabitants

Préfecture: Chaumont
Sous-préfectures: Langres, Saint-Dizier
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 32 cantons, 395 communes.

The department ("Upper-Marne") is named after the river Marne (525 km), tributary of Seine.