Maffrécourt
Encyclopedia
Maffrécourt is a commune
in the Marne
department in north-eastern France
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The village is the location of "Le Manoir de Maffrecourt" built in 1830 and of historic importance. In World War I it was a French Military base and famous for the training of the "Harlem Hellfighters" the U.S. Army’s 369th Infantry Regiment, popularly known as the “Harlem Hellfighters” was the best known African American unit of World War I. The Manoir de Maffrecourt was renovated in 2004 and is now a "Gites" complex and offers superior accommodation for visitors to the Champagne Ardenne.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Marne
Marne
Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne...
department in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The village is the location of "Le Manoir de Maffrecourt" built in 1830 and of historic importance. In World War I it was a French Military base and famous for the training of the "Harlem Hellfighters" the U.S. Army’s 369th Infantry Regiment, popularly known as the “Harlem Hellfighters” was the best known African American unit of World War I. The Manoir de Maffrecourt was renovated in 2004 and is now a "Gites" complex and offers superior accommodation for visitors to the Champagne Ardenne.