Saint-Thierry

Saint-Thierry
Commune
Saint-Thierry
Location within Grand Est region
Saint-Thierry
Coordinates: 49°18′15″N 3°57′52″E / 49.3042°N 3.9644°E / 49.3042; 3.9644Coordinates: 49°18′15″N 3°57′52″E / 49.3042°N 3.9644°E / 49.3042; 3.9644
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Marne
Arrondissement Reims
Canton Bourgogne
Intercommunality CU Grand Reims
Government
  Mayor Michel Bernard
Area1 7.59 km2 (2.93 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 572
  Density 75/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 51518 /51220

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.

Saint-Thierry is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

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History

William of Saint-Thierry was elected abbot here in 1119. It was here that he wrote De natura et dignitate amoris ("On the Nature and Dignity of Love") and De contemplando Deo ("On the Contemplation of God").[1] On 16 April 1917 Saint-Thierry was the site of one of the soviets of the Russian Revolution when soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France formed a soldiers committee on learning of the February Revolution.[2]

See also

References

  1. "William of Saint-Thierry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. Clément, Robert. "La Brigade Russ a Courcy". Retrieved 31 August 2014.


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