Moiremont

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Moiremont

(2020–2026) Patrick Desingly^[1]Area

16.98 km² (6.56 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

190 • Density11/km² (29/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

51370 /51800

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moiremont (French pronunciation: [mwaʁmɔ̃]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Places & Monuments

Moiremont abbey is a former Benedictine abbey founded in 707 in the form of a congregation. In 1074, Reims' Archbishop, Manasses II sent benedictions and gave a foundation chart on Odalric's demand.
Pierre Pérignon, born in Sainte-Menehould in 1639, joined the congregation when he was around 16 before joining Saint-Vannes abbey in Verdun where he became a monk under the famous name Dom Pérignon.
The only remaining part of the abbey to this day is the Abbatial church which was reformed into a Parochial church after the French Revolution.
Saint-Placide wash house.
Timber framing houses.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.