Sainte-Menehould
Sainte-Menehould | |
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The town hall | |
Location of Sainte-Menehould | |
| Coordinates: 49°05′00″N 4°54′00″E / 49.0833°N 4.9°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Marne |
| Arrondissement | Châlons-en-Champagne |
| Canton | Argonne Suippe et Vesle |
| Intercommunality | Argonne Champenoise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bertrand Courot |
Area 1 | 57.11 km2 (22.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 4,166 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 51507 /51800 |
| Elevation | 132–261 m (433–856 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Sainte-Menehould (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t mənu]; German: Sankt Mathilde) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. The 18th-century French playwright Charles-Georges Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey (1727–1800) died in Sainte-Ménéhould. It was the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould until its abolition in April 2017.