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| Coordinates:49°05′00″N4°54′00″E / 49.0833°N 4.9°E /49.0833; 4.9 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Marne |
| Arrondissement | Châlons-en-Champagne |
| Canton | Argonne Suippe et Vesle |
| Intercommunality | Argonne Champenoise |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Bertrand Courot[1] |
Area 1 | 57.11 km2 (22.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,166 |
| • Density | 72.95/km2 (188.9/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. | |
Sainte-Menehould (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃tmənu];German:Sankt Mathilde) is acommune in theMarnedepartment in north-eastern France.[3] The 18th-century French playwrightCharles-Georges Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey (1727–1800) died in Sainte-Ménéhould. It was thesubprefecture of thearrondissement of Sainte-Menehould until its abolition in April 2017.[4]
Dom Pérignon, theBenedictinemonk who made important contributions to the production and quality ofChampagne wine, and is often (erroneously) credited with its invention, was born in Sainte-Menehould around 1638.
As part of the county ofClermont-en-Argonne, Sainte-Menehould was in theDuchy of Lorraine until 1641, when the county was ceded to France; in 1648, it was granted as anappanage toLouis,le Grand Condé, effectively making it independent of Crown control.[5]
Condé established Sainte-Menehould as his capital and fortified it in 1652, when he was leader of the 1650-1653 civil war known as theFronde des nobles. The military engineerVauban worked on the fortifications as a member of Condé's regiment; he changed sides when captured by a Royalist patrol in early 1653.[6] Condé's governor, theComte de Montal surrendered the town in November 1653, allegedly in return for a payment of 50,000pistoles.[7]
After his return to France in 1659, Condé retained Clermont, which remained in his family until theabolition of feudalism in France during theFrench Revolution in 1790. The next year,Louis XVI passed through the town during theFlight to Varennes, where he was recognized, allegedly on account of the similarity between his face and the image on the coinage. The royal party left the town before the significance of the king's recognition had been acted upon, but they were pursued along the road towardsVarennes and arrested byCitizen Drouet the local postmaster.
130 years later Ste-Menehould was important in theChampagne Riots of 1910/1911.
Following the end ofWorld War I, Sainte-Menehould saw the birth of French sociologistMichel Crozier.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 5,392 | — |
| 1975 | 5,772 | +0.98% |
| 1982 | 5,667 | −0.26% |
| 1990 | 5,177 | −1.12% |
| 1999 | 4,979 | −0.43% |
| 2007 | 4,590 | −1.01% |
| 2012 | 4,321 | −1.20% |
| 2017 | 4,120 | −0.95% |
| Source: INSEE[8] | ||
The town and its several restaurants pride themselves on serving a local specialty calledpied de cochon orpig's trotterà la Sainte-Menehould, which are cooked for hours, to the point of softening the bones and making them edible.
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