Maffrécourt

Maffrécourt
Maffrécourt
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Maffrécourt
Administration
Country	France
Region	Champagne-Ardenne
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Sainte-Menehould
Canton	Sainte-Menehould
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Sainte-Menehould
Mayor	Thierry Bussy (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	162 m (531 ft) avg.
Land area1	6.74 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Population2	60  (2006)
- Density	9 /km2 (23 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	51336/ 51800
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.

Coordinates: 49°07′05″N 4°49′07″E / 49.1180555556°N 4.81861111111°E / 49.1180555556; 4.81861111111

Maffrécourt is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

The village is the location of "Le Manoir de Maffrecourt" built in 1830 and of historic importance. In World War I it was a French Military base and famous for the training of the "Harlem Hellfighters" the U.S. Army’s 369th Infantry Regiment, popularly known as the “Harlem Hellfighters” was the best known African American unit of World War I. The Manoir de Maffrecourt was renovated in 2004 and is now a "Gites" complex and offers superior accommodation for visitors to the Champagne Ardenne.

See also

• Communes of the Marne department