Suippes

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Suippes

|commune status = Commune

|image = Suippes-FR-51-mairie & église-a1.jpg

|caption = The church and town hall in Suippes

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|arrondissement = Châlons-en-Champagne

|canton = Argonne Suippe et Vesle

|INSEE = 51559

|postal code = 51600

|mayor = François Collart{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Région de Suippes

|coordinates = {{coord|49.1308|4.5325|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 135

|elevation min m = 129

|elevation max m = 196

|area km2 = 42.25

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

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Suippes ({{IPA|fr|sɥip}}) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. It was part of the so-called la Champagne pouilleuse, a region battered by conflict during World War I.{{Cite book|title=Mobilizing nature: The environmental history of war and militarization in modern France|last=Pearson|first=Chris|date=2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9781784993733|location=Manchester|pages=145}} In the early months of the war, British soldiers were deployed here and were to march to Châlons-sur-Marne to fight the First Battle of the Marne. In October 1918, the United States also deployed a brigade in the area and was assigned as Fourth French Army reserve.{{Cite book|title=The United States Marine Corps in the World War|last=McClellan|first=Edwin North|date=2014|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160927829|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=84}} The commune was pillaged and razed by the Germans in the same way they attacked Heiltz-le-Maurupt, Marfaux, Fromentieres, and Esternay.{{Cite book|title=World War I: History of the World War, Complete Edition, Vol. I|last=March|first=Francis A.|date=2008|publisher=Wildside Press LLC|isbn=9781434463548|pages=144}}

The commune is home to France's 40th Artillery Regiment and was once home to 15th Artillery Regiment which operated the nuclear Pluton missile as part of France's deterrent during the Cold War.

image:Église mairie corps de garde Suippes.jpg