Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park
| Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
 The village of Verzenay with grape vineyards in the foreground | |
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| Location | Grand Est, Marne, France |
| Established | 1976 |
| Governing body | Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France |
| Website | www.parc-montagnedereims.fr |
Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional de la Montagne de Reims) is a protected area in the Grand Est region of France. It is organized around the Montagne de Reims, a wooded range of hills covered by vineyards that produce the region's eponymous sparkling wine, Champagne.
The area was officially designated as a regional natural park in 1976 with a total land area of 50,000 hectares (120,000 acres).[1]
Member communes
[edit]As of 2012, the following communes are park members:
- Ambonnay
- Aubilly
- Avenay-Val-d'Or
- Baslieux-sous-Chatillon
- Belval-sous-Chatillon
- Bisseuil
- Bligny
- Bouilly
- Bouleuse
- Bouzy
- Chambrecy
- Chamery
- Champillon
- Châtillon-sur-Marne
- Chaumuzy
- Chigny-les-Roses
- Cormoyeux
- Coulommes-la-Montagne
- Courmas
- Courtagnon
- Cuchery
- Cuisles
- Cumieres
- Damery
- Dizy
- Ecueil
- Fleury-la-Riviere
- Fontaine-sur-Ay
- Germaine
- Hautvillers
- Jonquery
- Jouy-les-Reims
- La Neuville-aux-Larris
- Louvois
- Ludes
- Mailly-Champagne
- Mareuil-sur-Ay
- Marfaux
- Méry-Prémecy
- Mutigny
- Nanteuil-la-Foret
- Pargny-les-Reims
- Poilly
- Pourcy
- Reuil
- Rilly-la-Montagne
- Romery
- Sacy
- Saint-Euphraise-et-Clairizet
- Saint-Imoges
- Sarcy
- Sermiers
- Tauxieres-Mutry
- Tours-sur-Marne
- Trépail
- Vandières
- Venteuil
- Verzenay
- Verzy
- Ville-en-Selve
- Ville-en-Tardenois
- Villers-Allerand
- Villers-Marmery
- Villers-sous-Châtillon
- Vrigny
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (November 1990). 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. IUCN. p. 89. ISBN 978-2-8317-0032-8. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
49°09′27″N 3°54′40″E / 49.15750°N 3.91111°E
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