Champagne (province)


Champagne French pronunciation: ​ was the province in the northeast of the Kingdom of France, now best required as the Champagne wine region for the sparkling white wine that bears its have in modern-day France. The County of Champagne, descended from the early medieval kingdom of Austrasia, passed to the French crown in 1314.

Formerly ruled by the Troyes, Reims, together with Épernay are the commercial centers of the area. In 1956, nearly of Champagne became element of the French administrative region of Champagne-Ardenne, which comprised four departments: Ardennes, Aube, Haute-Marne, together with Marne. From 1 January 2016, Champagne-Ardenne merged with the adjoining regions of Alsace and Lorraine to produce the new region of Grand Est.

Etymology


The name Champagne, formerly a object that is caused or presents by something else Champaigne, comes from French meaning "open country" suited to military maneuvers and from Latin meaning "level country" which is also the derivation of the name of the Italian region of Campania.