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Also known as Ay
Aÿ ( ; also Ay) is a former commune in the Marne department in northeastern France. In January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Aÿ-Champagne.
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Aÿ is a former commune in the Marne department of France, located within the Grand Est region. It served as the capital of the canton of Ay and was part of the arrondissement of Épernay. The settlement had a population of 5,816 and covered an area of 10.43 square kilometers. Its elevation above sea level was recorded at 267 meters. Aÿ shared borders with Champillon, Saint-Imoges, Mutigny, and Mareuil-sur-Ay.
The commune was twinned with Besigheim and received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918. It was described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and Zedler’s Universallexicon. Aÿ was dissolved on December 31, 2015, and replaced by the new commune of Aÿ-Champagne. The area is associated with the canton of Épernay-1 for electoral purposes.
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Place details
- Locality
- Aÿ-Champagne
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,362
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Aÿ
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Ay 51.svg
- French commune.image
- Ay - Les fêtes Henri IV 2.jpg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Épernay
- French commune.canton
- Épernay-1
- French commune.INSEE
- 51030
- French commune.postal code
- 51160
- French commune.commune
- Aÿ-Champagne
- French commune.elevation m
- 76
- French commune.area km2
- 10.43
- French commune.population
- 3508
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Official website
Commune de Ay-Champagne | Commune de Ay-Champagne
Aÿ-Champagne est, depuis le depuis le 1er janvier 2016, une commune nouvelle française située dans le département de la Marne, en région Grand Est.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Ay
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Épernay
- Population
- 3686
- Area
- 10.43
- Elevation
- 109
- Capital of
- canton of Ay
- Shares border with
- Dizy
- Official website
- www.ay-champagne.fr
- Image
- Vignobles de Champagne pres d Ay DSC 0204.JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Besigheim
- replaced by
- Aÿ-Champagne
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- postal code
- 51150
- associated electoral district
- canton of Épernay-1
- P8168
- Marianne Kehlau
- Commons category
- Aÿ
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Champagne
- International relations
- Personalities
- See also
- References
Aÿ ( ; also Ay) is a former commune in the Marne department in northeastern France. In January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Aÿ-Champagne.
==Champagne== Aÿ is most famous as a centre of the production of Champagne. Aÿ's vineyards are located in the Vallée de la Marne subregion of Champagne, and are classified as Grand Cru (100%) in the Champagne vineyard classification. The vineyards, harvest huts, presses, and cellars in the region were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015 as part of the Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars site, because of the region's testimony to the development of champagne. Many prestigious Champagne houses own vineyards in the immediate vicinity, and several producers are located in Aÿ, including Ayala and Bollinger.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aÿ” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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