Saint-Thierry

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Thierry

(2020–2026) Antoine Lemaire^[1]Area

7.59 km² (2.93 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

602 • Density79/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

51518 /51220

Elevation145 m (476 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Thierry (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ tjɛʁi]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.^[3]

History

The village is named after Saint Thierry of Mont d'Hor, who founded the Saint-Thierry Abbey.^[4] 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").^[5] 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.^[6]

References

^ "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.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Baring-Gould, S. (1897), The Lives Of The Saints: Volume 06, June, London: J. C. Nimmo, pp. 11–12, retrieved 30 August 2021
^ "William of Saint-Thierry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ Clément, Robert. "La Brigade Russ a Courcy". Retrieved 31 August 2014.