Blancs-Coteaux

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Blancs-Coteaux
Blancs-Coteaux (France)
Blancs-Coteaux
region Grand Est
Department Marne
Arrondissement Epernay
Canton Vertus-Plaine Champenoise
Community association Epernay, Coteaux et Plaine de Champagne
Coordinates 48 ° 51 ′  N , 4 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′  N , 4 ° 27 ′  E
height 96-241 m
surface 65.81 km 2
Residents 3,325 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 51 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 51130, 51190
INSEE code 51612

Town hall (Mairie) of Blancs-Coteaux (in Vertus)

Blancs-Coteaux is a French commune with 3,325 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Marne department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épernay and is the main town ( bureau centralisateur ) in the canton of Vertus-Plaine Champenoise .

geography

Blancs-Coteaux is about 40 kilometers south of Reims .

history

On January 1, 2018, Blancs-Coteaux was formed as a Commune nouvelle (new municipality) from the previously independent municipalities of Gionges , Oger , Vertus and Voipreux .

structure

District former
INSEE code 		Area (km²) Population (2016)
Gionges 51271 10.75 .0223
Ogre 51411 15.06 .0538
Vertus (administrative headquarters)000 51612 35.68 2,337
Voipreux 51651 04.32 .0232

Attractions

Gionges

  • Saint-Ferréol-et-Saint-Ferjeux church from the 12th century
  • La Crolière Castle

Ogre

  • Saint-Laurent church from the 12th century
  • Castle Oger (also: Castle Léon Bourgeois)
  • museum

Vertus

  • Saint-Martin church, built between the end of the 11th century and the beginning of the 12th century, three crypts and chased capitals.
  • Puits Saint-Martin, at the foot of the church of St. Martin, there is an idyllic piece of water, fed by many springs, where swans and ducks like to rest
  • Porte Baudet from the Middle Ages
  • Wogner hall, events
  • Mayor's office, in its day the rooms were occupied by an old maladrerie, which was run by resolute ladies, the Dames Régentes , who were responsible for the education of young girls. Since 1807 the house has housed the Mairie, which after merging to form the Commune nouvelle also became the town hall of the new municipality

Voipreux

  • Menhir
  • Saint-Pierre church from the 12th century
  • Grave field from the Merovingian period

  • Saint Martin Church in Vertus

  • Saint-Ferréol-et-Saint-Ferjeux church in Gionges

  • Saint Laurent Church in Ogre

  • Saint-Pierre church in Voipreux

  • La Porte Baudet

  • La Crolière Castle in Gionges

  • Castle Oger

Viticulture

The area is an important wine-growing area of ​​the Côte des Blancs , part of the growing area for the base wine of champagne (see also Champagne (wine-growing area) ). The municipality's vineyards are classified as Premier Cru , i. H. classified as good, but not as top locations. As everywhere on the Cote des Blancs dominated Blend of Chardonnay . One sixth of the stock in Blancs-Coteaux is made up of Pinot Noir . The landowners in Vertus include the large champagne houses Moët & Chandon , Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin , Taittinger and Roederer .

Partnerships

A partnership with the German municipality of Bammental in Baden-Württemberg has existed since 1966 via the Vertus district .

Personalities

  • Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925), lawyer, politician (Foreign Minister 1906), President of the League of Nations and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1920), died in Ogre

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Préfecture de la Marne: Arrêté portant création de la commune nouvelle «Blancs-Coteaux». In: Recueil des actes administratifs du département de la Marne. December 22, 2017, p. 33 , accessed January 20, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016

Web links

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