Éclaires
| Éclaires | |
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  Éclaires | |
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Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Éclaires | |
| Coordinates: 49°00′03″N 5°00′10″E / 49.0008°N 5.0028°ECoordinates: 49°00′03″N 5°00′10″E / 49.0008°N 5.0028°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine |
| Department | Marne |
| Arrondissement | Sainte-Menehould |
| Canton | Givry-en-Argonne |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Région de Givry en Argonne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Roger Person |
| Area1 | 10.96 km2 (4.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 87 |
| • Density | 7.9/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 51222 / 51800 |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Éclaires is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
On 3 April 2007, Éclaires was the location of the TGV landspeed record attempt, which it broke with a speed of 574.8 km/h.
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