What You Need to Know About the Haute-Marne Department
We present to you here department 52, a department that is part of the Grand-Est region and therefore neighboring the Haut-Rhin department. The name of the Haute-Marne department actually comes from the fact that the department is crossed by a river that starts from Langres and runs through it for about 120 km.
This department 52 is one of the 83 oldest French departments that were created in 1790. The prefecture, administrative center, and at the same time the largest city of this department is Chaumont, and the sub-prefectures are called Saint-Dizier and Langres. Regarding the demographics of this department, the Haut-Marnais currently number 172,512 inhabitants, and the area of the Haut-Marne territory is 6,211 km2.
This means that the population density per km2 is 28. Indeed, the Haute-Marne department is divided into arrondissements, legislative constituencies, cantons, intercommunalities, and communes numbering 3, 2, 17, 8, and 426 respectively.
What Are the Neighboring Departments of the Haute-Marne Department?
Since the Haute-Marne department is part of the Grand-Est region, its neighboring departments are the Marne department, the Vosges department, the Haute-Saône department, the Meuse department, and finally, the Côte-d’Or department.
What Is the Climate Like in the Haute-Marne Department?
Indeed, we show you the oceanic climate of Haute-Marne. This climate is warm all year round and does not have a defined dry season. But on the other hand, department 52 experiences a lot of precipitation. Even during the driest months, it still rains.
The average temperature throughout the year hovers around 9.2°C. The annual precipitation is about 750 mm per year. So, if you want to venture to visit Haute-Marne, you should go in June, July, and August. Going back to the fact that the oceanic climate is characterized by fairly long and very cold winters and very stormy and very hot summers.
When talking about the duration of precipitation, there are about 70 to 85 days of frost, 150 to 180 days of rain, and 20 to 30 days of snow. The total annual sunshine is close to 1750 hours, but the average from November to January does not exceed 170 hours. On average, mild winds dominate from the south to the west, with mainly northeast winds in winter.
What Are the Most Important Cities in the Haute-Marne Department?
We have ranked these cities based on the number of tourists they receive. So, here are the top 10 cities you should visit in the Haute-Marne department:
- Langres
- Chaumont
- Saint-Dizier
- Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
- Joinville
- Bourbonne-les-Bains
- Arc-en-Barrois
- Fayl-Billot
- Nogent
- Eclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière
What Are the Most Important Communes in the Haute-Marne Department?
To make this ranking, we referred to the size of each of the communes in the Haute-Marne department.
- Châteauvillain
- Colombey les Deux Églises
- Bourbonne-les-Bains
- Nogent
- Arc-en-Barrois
- Val-de-Meuse
- Aubérive
- Chaumont
- Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière
- Rolampont
During the current second ranking of the communes of Haute-Marne, we grouped them according to the density of inhabitants per km2.
- Saint-Dizier
- Langres
- Joinville
- Chalindrey
- Val-de-Meuse
- Chaumont
- Nogent
- Wassy
- Bourbonne-les-Bains
- La Porte du Der
