Isles-sur-Suippe
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Location within Champagne-Ardenne region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Marne |
| Arrondissement | Reims |
| Canton | Bourgogne |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Suippe |
| Mayor | Guy Riffe (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) avg. |
| Land area1 | 12.39 km2 (4.78 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 738 (2006) |
| - Density | 60 /km2 (160 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 51299/ 51110 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 49°21′26″N 4°12′05″E / 49.3572°N 4.2014°E
Isles-sur-Suippe is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
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Geography[edit]
The commune is traversed by the Suippe river.
History[edit]
Isles-sur-Suippe, Insula super Suppia at the early 11th century, is a village located between two branches of the Suippe, on the road from Reims to Rethel.
The relay station[edit]
The royal relay station of Ysle was founded mid-17th century, the postal road from Paris to Sedan, started in 1654, had a mandatory halt there; located between the halts of Reims and Rethel-Mazarin, it was an important link of the road to Sedan, a then predominant town of the Ardennes. At that time, the Galand family settled in Ysle and initiated a postmaster dynasty.
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