Moiremont Explained

Moiremont
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Moiremont.svg
Arrondissement:	Châlons-en-Champagne
Canton:	Argonne Suippe et Vesle
Insee:	51370
Postal Code:	51800
Mayor:	Patrick Desingly^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Argonne Champenoise
Coordinates:	49.1336°N 4.8881°W
Elevation M:	167
Area Km2:	16.98

Moiremont (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Places & Monuments

• Moiremont abbey is a former Benedictine abbey founded in 707 in the form of a congregation. In 1074, Reims' Archbishop, Manasses II sent benedictions and gave a foundation chart on Odalric's demand.
  Pierre Pérignon, born in Sainte-Menehould in 1639, joined the congregation when he was around 16 before joining Saint-Vannes abbey in Verdun where he became a monk under the famous name Dom Pérignon.
  The only remaining part of the abbey to this day is the Abbatial church which was reformed into a Parochial church after the French Revolution.
• Saint-Placide wash house.
• Timber framing houses.

See also

• Communes of the Marne department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.