Vertus

Vertus
Coat of arms of Vertus
Location of Vertus
Map
Vertus is located in France
Vertus
Vertus
Vertus is located in Grand Est
Vertus
Vertus
Coordinates: 48°54′19″N 4°00′08″E / 48.9054°N 4.0021°E / 48.9054; 4.0021
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMarne
ArrondissementÉpernay
CantonVertus-Plaine Champenoise
CommuneBlancs-Coteaux
Area
1
35.68 km2 (13.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
2,345
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
DemonymVertusiens
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
51130
Elevation107 m (351 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vertus (French pronunciation: [vɛʁty]) is a former commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Blancs-Coteaux.[2] The Encyclopédiste Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans (1727–1801) was born and died in Vertus.