Vertus () is a former
commune in the
Marne department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of
Blancs-Coteaux. The
Encyclopédiste Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans, Or Conflant, born in Vertus in 1727 – died in the same place in 1801 was an 18th-century French man of letters.
A lawyer at the Parlement de Paris, La Motte-Conflans was a member of the Société ...
(1727–1801) was born and died in Vertus.
World War II
After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in September 1944, engineers of the
Ninth Air Force
The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint De ...
IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat
Advanced Landing Ground southwest of the town. Declared operational on 5 September, the airfield was designated as "
A-63", it was used as a transport base until October when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was used for resupply and casualty evacuation before being closed in May 1945.
Champagne
Vertus is located in the
Côte de Blancs subregion of
Champagne. It is one of the highest rated Premier Cru villages of Champagne. With 500 hectares of vines, Vertus is the second largest village in Champagne, and the largest in the
Marne department. Vertus is the home of one of the major Champagne houses:
Duval-Leroy is established in the village since 1859.
See also
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Communes of the Marne department
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Leutard of Vertus
Leutard of Vertus (died c. 1000) was a French peasant who was denounced as a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church. He is recorded in an account by the chronicler Rodulfus Glaber who states Leutard's beliefs began after dreaming his body had been ...
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Former communes of Marne (department)
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