Montier-en-Der () is a former

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in the

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in north-eastern

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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune La Porte du Der.Arrêté préfectoral
29 December 2015 The 10th century church of the former

Montier-en-Der Abbey The Abbey of Montier-en-Der in Haute-Marne, France, was formerly a Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine, later Cluniac, abbey, dissolved during the French Revolution, the grounds and premises of which, since 1806, have been used as the French Nationa ...

has been preserved.

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