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Haute-Marne

American  
[oht-marn] / oʊtˈmarn /

noun

  1. a department in E France. 2,416 sq. mi. (6,255 sq. km). Chaumont.


Haute-Marne British  
/ otmarn /

noun

  1. a department of NE France, in Champagne-Ardenne region. Capital: Chaumont. Pop: 190 983 (2003 est). Area: 6257 sq km (2440 sq miles)

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"Protected or not, farmers will have the right to shoot to protect" their herds, Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard said on a visit to the northeastern department of Haute-Marne.

From Barron's Feb. 16, 2026

CHAUMONT-EN-BASSIGNY, a town of eastern France, capital of the department of Haute-Marne, a railway junction 163 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

Villiers France Soft, one-pound squares made in Haute-Marne.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton

His domain included the modern departments of Ardennes, Marne, Aube and Haute-Marne, with part of Aisne, Seine-et-Marne, Yonne and Meuse.

From Historia Calamitatum by Abelard, Peter

Didn't I hear some one talking to your mother about a farm called Villacourt that you have in the Haute-Marne?

From Renée Mauperin by Hallard, Alys

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