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Vauchamps, Marne

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Vauchamps
Location of Vauchamps
Map
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMarne
ArrondissementArrondissement of Épernay
CantonCanton of Montmirail
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de la Brie Champenoise
Government
 • MayorMichel Dauteuil
Area
1
12.88 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
258
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
51596 /51210
Elevation218 m (715 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vauchamps is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. The village was the site of the Battle of Vauchamps in which Napoleon's French army defeated Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher's Russo-Prussian army on 14 February 1814.

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