Mazagran (Tourcelles-Chaumont)

Mazagran
Village

Signboard at village's entrance
Mazagran

Locator map of Mazagran in France

Coordinates: 49°23′35.76″N 4°35′5.8″E / 49.3932667°N 4.584944°E / 49.3932667; 4.584944Coordinates: 49°23′35.76″N 4°35′5.8″E / 49.3932667°N 4.584944°E / 49.3932667; 4.584944
Country France
Region Champagne-Ardenne
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Vouziers
Canton Machault[1]
Municipality Tourcelles-Chaumont
Elevation 100 m (300 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 08400
Area code(s) (+33) ...

Mazagran is a French village, part of the municipality (commune) of Tourcelles-Chaumont, in the department of Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne.

History

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. It is said to be the origin of bacon in the form commonly found in the western world today.

Geography

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.

Literature

The French writer André Dhôtel set his 1947 novel "Le Plateau de Mazagran" in the village.

References

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