Chaumont-Porcien


Chaumont-Porcien is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

Population

History

After his travel to the tumb of Jesus, in the 6th century, Berthauld, he travelled to France. When he arrived at the Chaumont-Porcien's forest, he saw the "Bald Mount", called like this because there were no trees on it, whereas the forest covered all the landscapes. Berthauld became Saint Berthauld, because he spread the God's word in an pagan area. After his dead, an abbey was built. Destroyed many times, there is nothing left. Thanks to Isidore Fressancourt, a chapel was built in 1876, on the "Bald Mount", still standing, and a way to discover histories and legends of "Porcien".