Haute-Marne

Haute-Marne
Department
Prefecture building of the Haute-Marne department, in Chaumont
Coat of arms
Location of Haute-Marne in France
Coordinates: 48°05′N 05°15′E / 48.083°N 5.250°E / 48.083; 5.250Coordinates: 48°05′N 05°15′E / 48.083°N 5.250°E / 48.083; 5.250
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Prefecture	Chaumont
Subprefectures	Langres Saint-Dizier
Government
• President of the General Council	Bruno Sido
Area
• Total	6,211 km2 (2,398 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	181,521
• Rank	91st
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Department number	52
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	17
Communes	429
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Haute-Marne (French pronunciation: ​[ot.maʁn]) is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River.

Haute-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Champagne, Burgundy, Lorraine and Franche-Comté.

In March 1814 the departmental prefecture, Chaumont, was the unwitting witness to the end of the First Empire. On 1 March, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom and Austria signed an accord forbidding any individual peace deal with Napoleon I, and to fight until his final defeat.

During World War II, Haute-Marne was partitioned under German occupation. The canal which runs from the Marne to the Saône served as a border, dividing the department into east and west. The east was a "reserved zone", intended for the creation of a new German (Ripuarian) state, whereas to the west would be the traditional "occupied zone". Haute-Marne was finally liberated by the Allies, in the form of the division of General Leclerc, between August and September 1944.