Saint-Thierry
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Location within Grand Est region
Saint-Thierry
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| Coordinates: 49°18′15″N 3°57′52″E / 49.3042°N 3.9644°ECoordinates: 49°18′15″N 3°57′52″E / 49.3042°N 3.9644°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Marne |
| Arrondissement | Reims |
| Canton | Bourgogne |
| Intercommunality | CU Grand Reims |
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| • Mayor | Michel Bernard |
| Area1 | 7.59 km2 (2.93 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 572 |
| • Density | 75/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 51518 /51220 |
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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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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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.
Saint-Thierry is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
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William of Saint-Thierry was elected abbot here in 1119. It was here that he wrote De natura et dignitate amoris ("On the Nature and Dignity of Love") and De contemplando Deo ("On the Contemplation of God"). On 16 April 1917 Saint-Thierry was the site of one of the soviets of the Russian Revolution when soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France formed a soldiers committee on learning of the February Revolution.
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