Fort of Peigney

Boulanger codes

1837 - 1891

Jean-Marie Boulanger, General and War Minister.

The Boulanger codes of the Langres fortifications

In 1886-1887, the War Minister, General Boulanger, decided to give codenames to all the barracks and forts. These codenames were drawn from the names of illustrious battles or military commanders.

Fort	Code	When	Who
Montlandon	Mortier	1834 - 1835	Soldier and politician
Cognelot	Vercingétorix	82 - 46 BC	Leader of a rebellion against the Romans
Peigney	Constance Chlore	260 - 306	General and Roman emperor
la Pointe de Diamant	Defrance	1771 - 1855	General
Saint-Menge	Ligniville	1782 - 1840	Soldier
Bonnelle	Décres	1761-1820	Vice-admiral
Dampierre	Magalotti	Died 1645	General
Plesnoy	Médavy	1665 - 1725	Maréchal de France

Map of the fortification of Langres

(Simplified version of an original in a article written in French, by Emmanuel Chiffre and Denis Mathis)