Montmirail | |
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 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 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Marne |
| Arrondissement | Épernay |
| Canton | Sézanne-Brie et Champagne |
| Intercommunality | CC Brie Champenoise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Etienne Dhuicq[1] |
| Area 1 | 48.82 km2 (18.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,557 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 51380 /51210 |
| Elevation | 205 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]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Saintsbury, George (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). pp. 203–204.