Ogre (Marne)
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| local community | Blancs-Coteaux | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Epernay | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 57 ' N , 4 ° 1' E | |
| Post Code | 51190 | |
| Former INSEE code | 51411 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2018 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.oger-en-champagne.fr/ | |
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Oger is a former French commune with 561 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2015) in the Marne department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Champagne-Ardenne ). It was part of the canton of Vertus-Plaine Champenoise ( Avize until 2015 ) in the Épernay arrondissement . The inhabitants are called ogiats .
On January 1, 2018, Oger merged with Gionges , Vertus and Voipreux to form the Commune nouvelle Blancs-Coteaux .
geography
Oger is about 36 kilometers south of Reims . Ogre is a major place in the production of champagne .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 699 | 739 | 717 | 651 | 588 | 558 | 577 | 578 |
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Buildings and sights
- Saint-Laurent church from the 12th century
- Castle Oger (also: Castle Léon Bourgeois)
- museum
Saint Laurent Church
Castle Oger
Personalities
- Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925), lawyer, politician (Foreign Minister 1906), President of the League of Nations and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1920), died here
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 .
Web links
Commons : Ogre - collection of images, videos and audio files
