Mazagran | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | France |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Locator map of Mazagran in France |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | France |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Grand Est |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Ardennes |
Subdivision Type3: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name3: | Vouziers |
Subdivision Type4: | Canton |
Subdivision Name4: | Machault |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Tourcelles-Chaumont |
Elevation M: | 100 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 49.3933°N 4.5849°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 08400 |
Area Code: | (+33) ... |
Blank Name: | Demonym |
Mazagran (pronounced as /fr/) is a French village, part of the municipality (commune) of Tourcelles-Chaumont, in the department of Ardennes, Grand Est.
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.
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.
The French writer André Dhôtel set his 1947 novel "Le Plateau de Mazagran" in the village.