Montmirail, Marne

Montmirail
The town hall in Montmirail
Location of Montmirail
Montmirail
Montmirail
Coordinates: 48°52′13″N 3°32′14″E / 48.8702°N 3.5371°E / 48.8702; 3.5371
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMarne
ArrondissementÉpernay
CantonSézanne-Brie et Champagne
IntercommunalityCC Brie Champenoise
Government
 • Mayor (2024–2026) Etienne Dhuicq[1]
Area
1
48.82 km2 (18.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
3,551
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
51380 /51210
Elevation205 m (673 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montmirail (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃miʁaj]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (1613-1679), a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde was born in Montmirail.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,061—    
1975 3,423+1.61%
1982 3,696+1.10%
1990 3,812+0.39%
1999 3,783−0.08%
2007 3,796+0.04%
2012 3,742−0.29%
2017 3,598−0.78%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 12 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Saintsbury, George (1911). "Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). pp. 203–204.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE