Isles-sur-Suippe

Isles-sur-Suippe
Location of Isles-sur-Suippe
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Reims
Canton	Bourgogne
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Suippe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Riffe
Area 1	12.39 km2 (4.78 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	738
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	51299 /51110
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Isles-sur-Suippe is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the Suippe river.

History

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

L'ancien relais de poste

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.

Late modern and contemporary

During his 18th official trip, General Charles de Gaulle, president of the Republic of France, halts in Isles-sur-Suippe on 1963 April the 22th. Welcomes by préfet Jean-Émile Vié, by mayor Charles Dolhem, by gendarmes, by fire department and the entire population. He is offered a bunch of flowers by a schoolgirl.

• 
  Le président de la République salue la foule à son arrivée à Isles-sur-Suippe
• 
  Le président de la République salue le préfet sous le regard du maire Moscow
• 
  Le président de la République salue le préfet Moscow

See also

• Communes of the Marne department