Colombey-les-Deux-Églises ( French: Colombey-les-Deux-Églises ) is a commune of the Upper Marne department in northeastern France .
| Commune | |||
| Colombé-le-Dez-Eglise | |||
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| Colombey-les-deux-Églises | |||
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| A country |  France | ||
| Region | Champagne - Ardennes | ||
| The Department | Upper marna | ||
| Canton | Zhuzenkur | ||
| The mayor | Pascal Babuat | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Founded | 1793 | ||
| Area | 73.63 km² | ||
| Center height | |||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 672 people ( 2010 ) | ||
| Katoykonim | Columbians, Columbian, Columbus | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Postcode | 52330 | ||
| INSEE Code | 52140 | ||
| www.colombey-les-deux-eglises.com | |||
The municipality of Colombé-le-Dez-Eglise was created by decision of the administration in 1793 and became part of the Chaumont district and the Blanc canton. In 1801 , under the name Colombe, he moved to the canton of Jusenncourt. In 1972, Argentolles, Biernes, Blaise, Champcourt, Arricourt, Pratz and Lavilleneuve-aux- (Lavilleneuve-aux- Fresnes).
Charles de Gaulle
Colombé gained fame as the home and burial place of statesman General Charles de Gaulle , who acquired luxury real estate on the southwestern edge of the village in 1934 . De Gaulle often visited Colombey when luck in politics turned away from him: at the beginning of the founding of the Fourth Republic in 1946 , and then between 1953 and 1958 , before he became president in the wake of the Algerian crisis . His last move to Colombe occurred in 1969 , where he died the following year. “Colombé” began to be used as a political metaphor for politicians who temporarily left politics until the country called them again.
De Gaulle was buried in the cemetery in Colombay, under a modest tombstone with the inscription "Charles de Gaulle 1890-1970." In addition, at the western entrance to the village, a Lorraine cross was built with a height of 44.3 m, thereby perpetuating the outstanding role of Charles de Gaulle during the war as commander of the Free French Forces . The memorial museum was opened in October 2008 by Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel . This joint Franco-German act marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Colombey negotiation on September 14, 1958 between Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer , as part of the post-war reconciliation process.
Geography
Through the entire commune flows the river Blaise.