Pomacle

Pomacle (French pronunciation: [pɔmakl]) is a commune in the department of Marne, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France.

Based on the topographic dictionary of Marne, the term 'Pomacle' is certified for the first time in 1145 in the administrative archives from the village of Reims (Pomaclum).

Perhaps the word "Pomum" should be understood with a Latin suffix, thus forming the equivalent of pometum or pomerutum and designate an orchard or fruit trees instead.

On the second of September 1914, as the retreat of the French army continued, the inhabitants of Pomacle were forced to flee their village.

The front is stabilized and Pomacle, now occupied finds itself for four years at the very edge of the combat zones.

During the year 1917, the pressure of the French army became more pronounced and so the villagers were evacuated by order of the Germans on 19 March 1917 and directed through the railway(?)

At the end of the war, when the inhabitants of Pomacle returned, the church had been destroyed and the four fifths of the houses were seriously damaged.