Boursault
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Epernay | |
| Canton | Dormans-Paysages de Champagne | |
| Community association | Paysages de la Champagne | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 4 ′ N , 3 ° 51 ′ E | |
| height | 65–245 m | |
| surface | 16.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 451 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 51480 | |
| INSEE code | 51076 | |
 Boursault Castle |
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Boursault is a French commune with 451 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Marne department in the Grand Est region (before 2016: Champagne-Ardenne ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Épernay and the canton Dormans-Paysages de Champagne (until 2015: Dormans ).
geography
The municipality of Boursault is located on the Marne , eight kilometers west of Épernay and about 25 kilometers southwest of Reims .
Neighboring municipalities of Boursault are Venteuil in the north, Damery in the northeast, Vauciennes in the east, Épernay in the southeast, Saint-Martin-d'Ablois in the south, Œuilly in the west and Reuil in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2014 |
| Residents | 474 | 459 | 466 | 488 | 462 | 500 | 465 | 449 |
Attractions
- Boursault Castle of the Barbel-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (Veuve Clicquot)
- Pont des Roches (2nd half of the 19th century)
Personalities
- Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (Veuve Clicquot, 1777–1866)
- Clementine Clicquot, her daughter ∞ Louis Marie Joseph, comte de Chevigné (1793–1876), poet and narrator
- Marie-Clémentine de Chevigné (1818–1877), their daughter; ∞ Louis de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1809–1873), comte de Mortemart
- Anne de Rochechouart-Mortemart (1847–1933), his daughter ∞ Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzès (1840–1878), 1842 Duc de Crussol, 1872 12th Duc d'Uzès
Town twinning
- Essenheim (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Web links
Commons : Boursault (Marne) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
