Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers

Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃favɛʁʒe mɔʁɔ̃vilje]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.[3]

Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
The church in Pontfaverger
The church in Pontfaverger
Coat of arms of Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
Location of Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers is located in France
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers is located in Grand Est
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
Coordinates: 49°17′51″N 4°19′13″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMarne
ArrondissementReims
CantonMourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne
IntercommunalityCU Grand Reims
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Damien Girard[1]
Area
1
31.52 km2 (12.17 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
1,739
  Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
51440 /51490
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Before 1950, when it absorbed part of the territory of Moronvilliers, its name was Pontfaverger.[3][4] Moronvilliers was destroyed during World War I and never rebuilt.

German cemetery, World War I.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the Suippe river.

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