Marneand Haute-Marne (244), contiguous departments in the N.E. of France, in the upper basin of the Marne River; in both cereals, potatoes, and wine are the chief products, the best champagne coming from the N. In the former, capital Châlons-sur-Marne, building stone is quarried; there are metal works and tanneries; in the latter, capital Chaumont, are valuable iron mines and manufactures of cutlery and gloves.
Population (circa 1900) given as 435,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Marmora, Sea of * Marochetti, Baron