Rilly-la-Montagne

Rilly-la-Montagne
Rilly-la-Montagne

Coordinates: 49°09′57″N 4°02′47″E / 49.1658°N 4.0464°E / 49.1658; 4.0464Coordinates: 49°09′57″N 4°02′47″E / 49.1658°N 4.0464°E / 49.1658; 4.0464
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Marne
Arrondissement Reims
Canton Verzy
Intercommunality Forêts et Coteaux de la Grande Montagne
Government
  Mayor Alain Toullec
Area1 8.87 km2 (3.42 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,072
  Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 51461 / 51500

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

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rilly-la-Montagne is one of the Communes of the Marne department in north-eastern France. The railway tunnel in the area was used as a World War II V-1 flying bomb storage depot.

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