Somme-Bionne () is a

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in the Marne department in north-eastern

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. An important

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chariot burial of 450-300 BC was found in the vicinity of the village in the nineteenth century. The finds from the La Tène period grave came into the possession of the French collector Léon Morel, who sold it, along with his entire antiquities collection from the

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of France, to the

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Communes of the Marne department The following is a list of the 613 communes in the French department of Marne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): File:Somme-Bionne artefacts.jpg File:Phalère de l'homme mort Somme Bionne.jpg File:British Museum - Room 50 (21045342106).jpg File:Britishmuseumironbitsommebionnecartburial.jpg File:Tresor de Somme bionne BMR CLXI.JPG File:Artefacts de la tombe Somme Bionne 06123.JPG File:Tombe de somme bionne 06127.JPG File:Tombe somme bionne torque 06126.JPG File:Tombe somme bionne poteries 06128.JPG File:1911 Britannica-Archaeology-Chariot burial.png

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