Theme Week Champagne – Épernay
Monday, 21 September 2015 - 07:44 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Épernay from Mont Bernon © Sand
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Épernay is a commune in the
Marne department . Épernay is located some 130 km north-east of
Paris on the main line of the Eastern railway to
Strasbourg . The town sits on the left bank of the
Marne at the extremity of the
Cubry valley which crosses it. Épernay is a sub-prefecture of the department and seat of the
arrondissement .
In the central and oldest quarter of the town, the streets are narrow and irregular; the surrounding suburbs, however, are modern and more spacious, with La Folie to the East, for example, containing many villas belonging to rich wine merchants. The town has also spread to the right bank of the Marne.
Avenue de Champagne © flickr.com - Michal Osmenda/cc-by-2.0
One of its churches retains a portal and stained-glass windows from the sixteenth century, but the other public buildings are of modern construction. The most famous street in Épernay is the
Avenue de Champagne which features the leading
Champagne manufacturers .
Épernay is best known as the principal “
entrepôt ” for
champagne wines, which are bottled and kept in large cellars built into the chalk rock on which the town is built. The production of the equipment and raw materials used in the champagne industry is a major source of local employment.
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