Fismes
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The Town Hall Square
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 49°18′28″N 3°40′53″E / 49.3078°N 3.6814°ECoordinates: 49°18′28″N 3°40′53″E / 49.3078°N 3.6814°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Reims | |
| Canton | Fismes | |
| Intercommunality | Deux Vallées du Canton de Fismes | |
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| • Mayor (2001-2020) | Jean-Pierre Pinon | |
| Area1 | 16.75 km2 (6.47 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 5,377 | |
| • Density | 320/km2 (830/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 51250 /51170 | |
| Elevation | 57–179 m (187–587 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Fismes [fim] is a French commune in the Marne department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Fismois or Fismoises
The commune has been awarded three flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
Fismes is located some 25 km west by northwest of Reims and some 12 km east by southeast of Braine. Access is by National Highway N31 from Reims through the heart of the commune and the town and continuing west to Soissons. There is also the D967 road from Longueval-Barbonval in the north to the town and continuing southwest to Chery-Chartreuve. There is also the D386 going south from the village to Saint-Gilles. Apart from Fismes there are three hamlets: Fismette and Baslieux are continuations of the urban area of Fismes while Villette is in the east of the commune. There is also a railway station in the village on the line from Reims to Soissons.
The Veste river flows through the commune from east to west with the Ruisseau du Moulin and the Ruisseau Saint-Marie flow from the north into the Veste. The Ardre river flows from the south to join the Veste west of the town.
Fismes, on the right bank of the Vesle, developed from a Gallic ancient city named, during the Gallo-Roman era, "Ad Fines Suessioium" (limit of the Suession people’s territory) or "Ad Fines Remorum" (limit of the Rèmes people’s territory) as the city was situated on the boundary of the two Gallic tribes Suessions and Rèmes.
As Charles Rostaing indicates, the Latin word "fines" is a translation from the Gallic toponym equoranda which essentially means "boundary" or "limit".
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