Chaumont-Porcien

Chaumont-Porcien
Commune
Hermitage of St. Berthauld
Coat of arms
Location of Chaumont-Porcien
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Coordinates: 49°39′00″N4°14′52″E / 49.65°N 4.2478°E / 49.65; 4.2478 Coordinates: 49°39′00″N4°14′52″E / 49.65°N 4.2478°E / 49.65; 4.2478
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Signy-l'Abbaye
Intercommunality	Crêtes Préardennaises
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Camus
Area 1	35.97 km2 (13.89 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01) [1]	485
• Density	13/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08113 /08220
Elevation	100–240 m (330–790 ft) (avg. 137 m or 449 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chaumont-Porcien is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	577	—
1968	625	+8.3%
1975	569	−9.0%
1982	478	−16.0%
1990	479	+0.2%
1999	473	−1.3%
2008	453	−4.2%

History

After his travel to the tumb of Jesus, in the 6th century, Berthauld, son of an Irish king, travelled to France^{[ citation needed ]}. When he arrived at the forest of Chaumont-Porcien (which no longer exists), he saw the "Bald Mount", called like this because there were no trees on it, whereas the forest covered all the rest of the landscape. Berthauld became Saint-Berthauld, because he spread the God's word in an pagan area. After his dead, an abbey was built. Destroyed many times, there is nothing left. Thanks to Isidore Fressancourt, a chapel was built in 1876, on the "Bald Mount", still standing, and a way to discover histories and legends of "Porcien".

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

References

• INSEE

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE . Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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