Vitry-en-Perthois | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Vitry-en-Perthois.svg |
Arrondissement: | Vitry-le-François |
Canton: | Sermaize-les-Bains |
Insee: | 51647 |
Postal Code: | 51300 |
Mayor: | Hugues Gérardin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx |
Coordinates: | 48.7482°N 4.6256°W |
Elevation M: | 96 |
Area Km2: | 17.49 |
Vitry-en-Perthois (in French pronounced as /vitʁi ɑ̃ pɛʁtwa/) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
Vitry-en-Perthois was called Vitry-le-Brûlé (Vitry the burnt) after being burnt two times; in 1142 by the armies of Louis VII of France and in 1544 by the armies of Charles V.
The Chée flows into the Saulx in the northern part of the commune.
The Saulx forms part of the commune's eastern border, then flows westward through the commune and crosses the village.