Somme-Bionne Explained

Somme-Bionne
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Châlons-en-Champagne
Canton:Argonne Suippe et Vesle
Insee:51543
Postal Code:51800
Mayor:Fabrice Bruaux[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Argonne Champenoise
Coordinates:49.095°N 4.7256°W
Elevation M:168
Elevation Min M:144
Elevation Max M:197
Area Km2:9.21

Somme-Bionne (in French pronounced as /sɔm bjɔn/) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. An important Iron Age chariot burial of 450-300 BC was found in the vicinity of the village in the nineteenth century. The finds from the La Tène period grave came into the possession of the French collector Léon Morel, who sold it, along with his entire antiquities collection from the Champagne region of France, to the British Museum in 1901.[2] [3]

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Finds from the Somme-Bionne chariot burial

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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.
  2. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?place=29278&plaA=29278-3-1 British Museum Collection
  3. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?place=29278&plaA=29278-3-2&page=1 British Museum Collection