Thonnance-lès-Joinville | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Thonnance-lès-Joinville.svg |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Dizier |
Canton: | Joinville |
Insee: | 52490 |
Postal Code: | 52300 |
Mayor: | Alain Malingrey[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Bassin de Joinville en Champagne |
Coordinates: | 48.4553°N 5.1728°W |
Elevation M: | 192 |
Elevation Min M: | 180 |
Elevation Max M: | 365 |
Area Km2: | 11.33 |
Thonnance-lès-Joinville (pronounced as /fr/, literally Thonnance near Joinville) is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.
In Ken Follett's historical novel A Column of Fire, 16th century Thonnance-lès-Joinville is the birthplace of the character Pierre Aumande, depicted as having been born there as the bastard son of a parish priest and in later life trying to escape this humble origin and forge for himself a position at the Royal Court in Paris.