Introduction

The organizing authority

The Haute-Marne Departmental Council administers a territory that has the following characteristics:
• 6211 km²
• 32 cantons and 532 communes and associated communes
• 3 districts
• 189,000 inhabitants

Prefecture: Chaumont.
Sub-prefectures: Saint-Dizier and Langres.

Situated in the southern Champagne-Ardenne region, Haute-Marne is a mainly rural department, very marked by its closeness to nature. For example, it has over 1,800 km of rivers and streams, 1,800 km of footpaths and 250,000 ha of forest (i.e. 40% of its surface area).

But it also has a strong tradition of long-standing and innovative industrial know-how, with the metal, foundry and medical instrument industries among the major employers in the department.

Haute-Marne is also a land of history and great men. Voltaire, Diderot, the Goncourt brothers, Camille Flammarion and Charles de Gaulle lived in the department. In fact, one of the major tourist and cultural sites is a Memorial to the memory and life of General de Gaulle, who lived in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises.

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The network

220 coaches cover 25,000 kilometres every day, carrying 12,000 pupils on 250 special routes and 9 regular services. The budget set aside for transport was 10 million euros in 2009. The department council also organizes weekly transport services of local interest, which are delegated to 5 inter-communal associations.

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Ticket prices and outlets

Fares

Commercial pricing is broken down into single tickets, 10-journey cards and monthly travel cards.
Fares are calculated on the basis of a variable price per kilometre, depending on the regular service concerned.

Sales outlet and information

Tickets for regular services may be purchased directly from the driver or from the following transport companies:

• Louze – Montier-en-Der – Saint-Dizier service:

LES COURRIERS DE L’AUBE – 46 Avenue Marie de Champagne – BP 3048 – 10012 TROYES Cedex – Tel. 03 25 71 28 42 – Internet: : www.courriersdelaube.fr (ouverture dans une nouvelle fenêtre)

• Bourbonne-les-Bains – Chaumont service:

CARIANE EST – Place Gambetta – 88300 NEUFCHÂTEAU – Tel. 03 29 94 15 54 – Internet: www.les-courriers-mosellans.fr (ouverture dans une nouvelle fenêtre)

Specific services

Accessibility

The department council adopted its Departmental Accessibility Plan in June 2008.

This provides for full accessibility on regular services within the department from February 2015.

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