Isles-sur-Suippe

Isles-sur-Suippe
Isles-sur-Suippe

Coordinates: 49°21′26″N 4°12′05″E / 49.3572°N 4.2014°E / 49.3572; 4.2014Coordinates: 49°21′26″N 4°12′05″E / 49.3572°N 4.2014°E / 49.3572; 4.2014
Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Marne
Arrondissement Reims
Canton Bourgogne
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Suippe
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Guy Riffe
Area1 12.39 km2 (4.78 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 738
 • Density 60/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 51299 / 51110

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.

Isles-sur-Suippe is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the Suippe river.

History

Isles-sur-Suippe, Insula super Suppia at the early 11th century, is a village located between two branches of the Suippe, on the road from Reims to Rethel.

The relay station

L'ancien relais de poste

The royal relay station of Ysle was founded mid-17th century, the postal road from Paris to Sedan, started in 1654, had a mandatory halt there; located between the halts of Reims and Rethel-Mazarin, it was an important link of the road to Sedan, a then predominant town of the Ardennes. At that time, the Galand family settled in Ysle and initiated a postmaster dynasty.

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