Arcis-le-Ponsart | |
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_1.jpg) The town hall in Arcis-le-Ponsart | |
 Location of Arcis-le-Ponsart | |
  Arcis-le-Ponsart  Arcis-le-Ponsart | |
| Coordinates:49°14′09″N3°41′40″E / 49.2358°N 3.6944°E /49.2358; 3.6944 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Marne |
| Arrondissement | Reims |
| Canton | Fismes-Montagne de Reims |
| Intercommunality | CU Grand Reims |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Luc Dubois[1] |
Area 1 | 15.43 km2 (5.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 287 |
| • Density | 18.6/km2 (48.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 51014 /51170 |
| Elevation | 100–248 m (328–814 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Arcis-le-Ponsart (French pronunciation:[aʁsiləpɔ̃saʁ]) is acommune in theMarnedepartment in northeastern France. It is located along the D25 road, south ofCourville, 32.2 kilometres (20.0 mi) by road southwest ofReims. The commune of Arcis-le-Ponsart has an area of 15.4 square kilometres (5.9 sq mi). The local economy is mainly agricultural based.Igny Abbey lies in this commune.
Until the early nineteenth century, the town was calledArcis-le-Poussart or simplyPousard.[3] The nameArcis comes from the Latin word "arx", meaning "fortified place"; and the nicknamePonsart refers to a former local knight from Arcy, Ponsard.[4]
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In 1127,Bernard of Clairvaux foundedIgny Abbey on land purchased from Ponsard.[4] During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the monks of this abbey cleared and cultivated the land and surrounding forests. Arcis-le-Ponsard was damaged repeatedly, including the troops of theHundred Years War, those ofCharles V, theFranco-Spanish War (1635–1659), theFrench Revolutionary Wars, and the Prussian and Russian armies of 1814.[4] During the First World War, a military camp was installed here.
The Église Notre-Dame, a ruin, is attributed partly to twelfth century and partlyRenaissance style.[5] It became a historical monument on 18 November 1919. TheAbbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny was founded in the 1120s by monks from the Abbey of Clairvaux, sent by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Following a pilgrimage to the abbey which brought rapid development, a daughter house,Signy Abbey, was founded in 1135. The second abbot,Guerric of Igny, was raised to the rank ofBlessed; hisrelics are still venerated in Igny.[6] At the time of theFrench Revolution, the religious community was dispersed. It was rebuilt in 1780.[5] Monastic life resumed in 1876 with the support of theDiocese of Reims. Destroyed in 1918, the abbey was rebuilt in 1929 and occupied by a community of nuns from Laval.
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