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Champagne-Ardenne is one of the 26 regions
Régions of France

France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....
 of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is located in the northeast of the country, bordering Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, and consists of four departments: Aube
Aube

Aube is a departments of France in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. In 1995, its population was 293,100 inhabitants....
, Ardennes, Haute-Marne
Haute-Marne

Haute-Marne is a departments of France in the northeast of France named after the Marne River....
, and Marne
Marne

Marne is a departments of France in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department. The prefectures in France of Marne is Ch?lons-en-Champagne ....
. The region is famous for its sparkling white wine (champagne). Its rivers, most of which flow west, include the Seine
Seine

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway within Regions of France of ?le-de-France and Haute-Normandie in France and famous as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris, France....
, the Marne, and the Aisne. The Meuse
Meuse River

File:01-Namur-290305 JPG.jpgThe Meuse , is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea....
 flows north.

Highways

rail network includes the Paris–Strasbourg line, which follows the Marne Valley and serves Épernay
Épernay

?pernay is a Communes of France in the Marne Departments of France in northern France....
, Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne

Ch?lons-en-Champagne is a city in France. It is the capital of both the Departments of France of Marne and the r?gion in France of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims....
, and Vitry-le-François
Vitry-le-François

Vitry-le-Fran?ois is a Communes of France in the Marne Departments of France in northeastern France....
.






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Champagne-Ardenne is one of the 26 regions
Régions of France

France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....
 of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is located in the northeast of the country, bordering Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, and consists of four departments: Aube
Aube

Aube is a departments of France in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. In 1995, its population was 293,100 inhabitants....
, Ardennes, Haute-Marne
Haute-Marne

Haute-Marne is a departments of France in the northeast of France named after the Marne River....
, and Marne
Marne

Marne is a departments of France in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department. The prefectures in France of Marne is Ch?lons-en-Champagne ....
. The region is famous for its sparkling white wine (champagne). Its rivers, most of which flow west, include the Seine
Seine

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway within Regions of France of ?le-de-France and Haute-Normandie in France and famous as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris, France....
, the Marne, and the Aisne. The Meuse
Meuse River

File:01-Namur-290305 JPG.jpgThe Meuse , is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea....
 flows north.

Transportation


Highways

  • A4
    A4 autoroute

    The A4 Autoroutes of France, also known as l'autoroute de l'Est is a France autoroute that travels 482 km between the cities of Paris and Strasbourg....
     connecting Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
     and Strasbourg
    Strasbourg

    Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
     and serving the Reims
    Reims

    The city of Reims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km east-northeast of Paris.Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
     metropolitan area
  • A5
    A5 autoroute

    The A5 Autoroutes of France, which was constructed in 1990 to relieve the A6 autoroute , links the Parisian region with the Langres area. It is a 238 km toll road under the management of the Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rh?ne ....
     connecting Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
     and Dijon
    Dijon

    Dijon is a communes of France in eastern France, the capital of the C?te-d'Or Departments of France and of the Bourgogne Regions of France. Dijon is the historical capital of the provinces of France of Burgundy ....
     and serving Troyes
    Troyes

    Troyes is a communes of France, the Prefectures in France of the northeastern Aube departments of France in France and is located on the Seine river....
     and Chaumont
    Chaumont

    Chaumont is the name or part of the name of several commune in France in France, as well as a town in New YorkFrance:* Chaumont, Cher, in the Cher d?partement in France...
  • A26
    A26 autoroute

    The A26 is a 394 km long France motorway connecting Calais and Troyes. It is also known as the Autoroute des Anglais as it is the main route from the Dover-Calais ferries and the channel tunnel to most parts of France and often contains large numbers of United Kingdom cars, particularly during the summer holiday season....
     connecting Calais
    Calais

    Calais is a town in northern France in the Departments of France of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
     and Dijon
    Dijon

    Dijon is a communes of France in eastern France, the capital of the C?te-d'Or Departments of France and of the Bourgogne Regions of France. Dijon is the historical capital of the provinces of France of Burgundy ....
     and serving Reims
    Reims

    The city of Reims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km east-northeast of Paris.Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
     and Châlons-en-Champagne
    Châlons-en-Champagne

    Ch?lons-en-Champagne is a city in France. It is the capital of both the Departments of France of Marne and the r?gion in France of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims....
  • A34
    A34 autoroute

    The A34 autoroute is a toll free motorway in north eastern France. It is an upgrade of the N43 and N51. It links Sedan, France with Reims. It forms part of European Routes E44 and E46....
     connecting Reims
    Reims

    The city of Reims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km east-northeast of Paris.Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
     and the Belgian border and serving Charleville-Mézières
    Charleville-Mézières

    Charleville-M?zi?res is a Communes of France in northern France, capital of the Ardennes Departments of France in the Champagne-Ardenne Regions of France....


Rail

The rail network includes the Paris–Strasbourg line, which follows the Marne Valley and serves Épernay
Épernay

?pernay is a Communes of France in the Marne Departments of France in northern France....
, Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne

Ch?lons-en-Champagne is a city in France. It is the capital of both the Departments of France of Marne and the r?gion in France of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims....
, and Vitry-le-François
Vitry-le-François

Vitry-le-Fran?ois is a Communes of France in the Marne Departments of France in northeastern France....
. The LGV Est
LGV Est

The LGV Est europ?enne is an extension to the French High-speed rail TGV network, connecting Paris and Strasbourg. It provides fast service between Paris and the principal cities of eastern France and Luxembourg, and several cities in Germany and Switzerland....
 TGV
TGV

The TGV is France's high-speed rail service. It was developed during the 1970s by GEC-Alsthom and SNCF, the French national rail transport operations, and is now operated primarily by SNCF....
 line also connecting Paris and Strasbourg opened in 2007 and serves Reims with a train station in the commune of Bezannes
Bezannes

Bezannes is a communes of France of the Marne departments of France in northeastern France.The Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV train station is located on the territory of the commune....
.

Water

The region's canal
Canal

Canals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canals: Aqueduct canals, which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterways, which are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans....
s include the Canal latéral à la Marne
Canal latéral à la Marne

The canal lat?ral ? la Marne is an 67 km long canal which connects Vitry-le-Fran?ois to Dizy, Marne, in the Marne Departments of France in northeastern France....
 and Marne-Rhine Canal
Marne-Rhine Canal

The Marne-Rhine Canal is a canal in eastern France. It connects the river Marne River in Vitry-le-Fran?ois with the Rhine in Strasbourg. Combined with the canalised part of the Marne, it allows transport between Paris and eastern France....
, the latter connecting to the Marne at Vitry-le-François. These are petit gabarit canals.

Air

The Vatry International Airport, primarily dedicated to air freight, has a runway 3650 m long, yet it is often unused. The airport is in a sparsely populated area just 150 km from Paris. Some people say it is a good candidate for transformation into a third Parisian airport. Les verts
Les Verts

is the name of various green politics political parties in Francophonie such as:official name:*The Greens in France;*The Greens in Luxembourg ;...
 (the French green party) supported such a move because the resulting noise pollution
Noise pollution

Noise pollution is displeasing human-, animal- or machine-created sound that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life. A common form of noise pollution is from transportation, principally motor vehicles....
 would affect fewer people than an airport closer to Paris.

See also: Ardennes
Ardennes

The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and old mountains formed on the Givetian Ardennes mountains, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel....


Economy


  • 61.4% of its land is dedicated to agriculture
    Agriculture

    Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
  • 1st in France for the production of barley
    Barley

    Barley is an annual plant cereal grain derived from the grass Hordeum vulgare. It serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in health food, as well as the making of alcoholic beverages beer and whisky....
     and alfalfa
    Alfalfa

    Alfalfa is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae cultivated as an important forage crop. In the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand it is known as lucerne and as lucerne grass in south Asia....
  • 2nd in France for the production of beet
    Beet

    The beet is a plant in the Amaranthaceae. It is best known its numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is probably the red root vegetable known as the garden beet....
    s, onion
    Onion

    Onion is a term used for many plants in the genus Allium. They are known by the common name "onion" but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa....
    s, and pea
    Pea

    A pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the legume Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several peas. Although treated as a vegetable in cooking, it is botanically a fruit....
    s
  • 3rd in France for the production of tender wheat
    Wheat

    Wheat , is a worldwide cultivated Poaceae from the Levant region of the Middle East. Globally, after maize, wheat is the second most-produced food among the cereal just above rice....
     and rapeseed
    Rapeseed

    Rapeseed , also known as rape, oilseed rape, rapa, rapaseed and canola, is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae ....
    .
  • 282.37 km² of vineyard
    Vineyard

    A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture....
    s
  • Champagne sales in 2001: 263 million bottles (4% increase from 2000) of which 37.6% were exported.
  • 25% of French hosiery
    Hosiery

    Hosiery is knitted coverings for the legs and feet. Also referred to as legwear, hosiery describes garments worn directly on the foot and legs....
     production
  • 3rd metallurgic
    Metallurgy

    Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic Chemical element, their intermetallics, and their mixtures, which are called alloys....
     region in France


Businesses

  • Verreries Mécaniques de Champagne
  • Produits Métallurgiques à Reims
  • Vallourec
    Vallourec

    Vallourec S.A. is a France group of companies specialised in Hot rolling seamless steel tubes, expandable tubular technology, List of auto parts and stainless steel....


Food processing

  • Champagne-Céréales
  • France-Luzerne
  • Béghin-Say


Demographics

The population of Champagne-Ardenne has been in steady decrease since 1982 due to a rural exodus
Rural exodus

Rural exodus is a term used to describe the migratory patterns that normally occur in a region following the mechanisation of agriculture. In such a situation, there tends to be a movement of peoples from rural sociology into urban areas....
. With 1.3 million people and a density of 52/km², it is one of France's least populated regions.

Tourism

Champagne-Ardenne has the following:

  • 291 approved tourist hotel
    Hotel

    ----A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including Bathroom#Types of bathroomss and air conditioning or clima...
    s offering 8,000 rooms
  • 152 bed and breakfast
    Bed and breakfast

    Bed and Breakfast, also known as B&B, is a term, originating in the United Kingdom, but now also used all over the world, for an establishment that offers accommodation and breakfast, but usually does not offer other meals....
    s
  • 19 museum
    Museum

    A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
    s
  • 92 screens in local movie theatres
  • 16 theatre
    Theatre

    Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
    s
  • 10 golf course
    Golf course

    A golf course consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, Golf course#Fairway and rough, rough and other hazards, and a green with a pin and cup, all designed for the game of golf....
    s
  • 650 km of waterway
    Waterway

    A waterway is any navigable body of water. These include rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, and canals. In order for a waterway to be navigable, it must meet several criteria:...
    s
  • 8 lakes reserved for tourists, including the Lake Der-Chantecoq
    Lake Der-Chantecoq

    Lake Der-Chantecoq is situated close to the communes of France of Saint-Dizier in the Departments of France of Marne and Haute-Marne. It is the largest artificial lake in France, covering 1 E7 m2 with 350 million m? of water....
    , the largest man-made lake in Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....


Visitors often go to Champagne
Champagne (province)

The Champagne wine region is a historic province within the Champagne Champagne in the northeast of France. The area is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that Champagne ....
 because of its history and its world-famous wine. However, their itineraries diverge when they discover the region's cultural heritage and its cuisine
Cuisine

Cuisine is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade....
: some visit Troyes
Troyes

Troyes is a communes of France, the Prefectures in France of the northeastern Aube departments of France in France and is located on the Seine river....
 and its ancient houses, others visit Langres
Langres

Langres is a commune in France in northeastern France. It is a sous-pr?fecture of the Haute-Marne d?partement in France in the Champagne-Ardenne r?gion in France....
 and its walls, and still others visit Épernay
Épernay

?pernay is a Communes of France in the Marne Departments of France in northern France....
, Reims
Reims

The city of Reims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km east-northeast of Paris.Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
, or Colombey-les-deux-Églises
Colombey-les-Deux-Églises

Colombey-les-Deux-?glises is a Communes of France in the Haute-Marne Departments of France in northeastern France.The municipality Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises was created administratively in 1793, and it became part of the district of Chaumont and the canton Blaise....
.

The region contains some magnificent forests and lakes where one can enjoy hiking and water sports.

Major communities

  • Châlons-en-Champagne
    Châlons-en-Champagne

    Ch?lons-en-Champagne is a city in France. It is the capital of both the Departments of France of Marne and the r?gion in France of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims....
  • Charleville-Mézières
    Charleville-Mézières

    Charleville-M?zi?res is a Communes of France in northern France, capital of the Ardennes Departments of France in the Champagne-Ardenne Regions of France....
  • Chaumont
    Chaumont, Haute-Marne

    Chaumont is a Communes of France of France, and the capita of the Haute-Marne Departments of France. Population : approx. 30,000....
  • Épernay
    Épernay

    ?pernay is a Communes of France in the Marne Departments of France in northern France....
  • Reims
    Reims

    The city of Reims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km east-northeast of Paris.Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
  • Saint-Dizier
    Saint-Dizier

    Saint-Dizier is a Communes of France in the Haute-Marne Departments of France in northeastern France.It has a population of 31,000 and is a Subprefectures in France of the department....
  • Sedan
    Sedan, France

    Sedan is a town and communes of France in France, a Subprefectures in France of the Ardennes Departments of France in northern France....
  • Troyes
    Troyes

    Troyes is a communes of France, the Prefectures in France of the northeastern Aube departments of France in France and is located on the Seine river....


See also

  • Ardennes
    Ardennes

    The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and old mountains formed on the Givetian Ardennes mountains, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel....
  • Champagne Riots
    Champagne Riots

    File:Damery.jpgThe Champagne Riots of 1910 and 1911 resulted from a series of problems faced by grape growers in the Champagne area of France ....
  • French wine
    French wine

    French wine is produced in several regions throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year . France has the world's largest wine production ahead of Italian wine and the second-largest total vineyard area ....


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