Mazagran (Tourcelles-Chaumont)

Mazagran
Country:	France
Region:	Champagne-Ardenne
Department:	Ardennes
Arrondissement:	Vouziers
Canton:	Machault[1]
Municipality:	Tourcelles-Chaumont
Population:	?
Coordinates:	49°23′35.76″N 4°35′5.8″E / 49.3932667°N 4.584944°E / 49.3932667; 4.584944Coordinates: 49°23′35.76″N 4°35′5.8″E / 49.3932667°N 4.584944°E / 49.3932667; 4.584944
Time zone:	CET, UTC+1
Elevation:	100 amsl
Postal code:	08400

Mazagran is a French village, part of the municipality (commune) of Tourcelles-Chaumont, in the department of Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne.

History

The locality was named after a battle holed up in 1840 in the Algerian town of Mazagran; between Algerian resistance forces and French troops, during the French conquest of Algeria.

Geography

Situated in an agricultural plateau few km from Tourcelles-Chaumont and Leffincourt; it has a central roundabout that is a junction point of several national roads to Reims, Vouziers, Châlons-en-Champagne, Rethel and Charleville-Mézières. The proper village is composed by few and scattered farms.

Literature

The French writer André Dhôtel set his 1947 novel "Le Plateau de Mazagran" in the village.

References

1. ^ (French) The Canton of Machault on www.annuaire-mairie.fr