Isles-sur-Suippe | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Isles-sur-Suippes.svg |
Arrondissement: | Reims |
Canton: | Bourgogne-Fresne |
Insee: | 51299 |
Postal Code: | 51110 |
Mayor: | Guy Riffe[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CU Grand Reims |
Coordinates: | 49.3572°N 4.2014°W |
Elevation M: | 78 |
Area Km2: | 12.39 |
Isles-sur-Suippe (in French pronounced as /il syʁ sɥip/, literally Isles on Suippe) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
The commune is traversed by the Suippe river.
Isles-sur-Suippe, Insula super Suppia at the early 11th century, is a village located between two branches of the Suippe, on the road from Reims to Rethel.
The royal relay station of Ysle was founded mid-17th century, the postal road from Paris to Sedan, started in 1654, had a mandatory halt there; located between the halts of Reims and Rethel-Mazarin, it was an important link of the road to Sedan, a then predominant town of the Ardennes.At that time, the Galand family settled in Ysle and initiated a postmaster dynasty.
During his 18th official trip, General Charles de Gaulle, president of the Republic of France, halts in Isles-sur-Suippe on 22 April 1963. He was welcomed by préfet Jean-Émile Vié, by mayor Charles Dolhem, by gendarmes, by the fire department and the entire population. He was offered a bunch of flowers by a schoolgirl.[2]