Nuisement-sur-Coole

Location

Nuisement-sur-Coole lies in the heart of the Marne département, about ten kilometres south of Châlons-en-Champagne. By road it is roughly 56 kilometres to Reims and 77 kilometres to Troyes. The village sits in the valley of the Coole, a tributary of the Marne just under 30 kilometres long, which joins it at Compertrix. The commune covers 1,513 hectares, and the land rises from 89 to 153 metres. Neighbouring villages are Écury-sur-Coole, Breuvery-sur-Coole, Cheniers and Soudron. The most recent count recorded 384 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2023).

The Champagne crayeuse

The commune belongs to the Champagne crayeuse, the chalky or "dry" Champagne. The landscape is defined by wide, open plains. Around 90 per cent of the land is arable, and there is hardly any woodland. 21 farms work in the village, growing cereals and pulses, and there is also one horticultural business.

For champagne lovers, that means this: Nuisement-sur-Coole is not a wine village and has neither grand cru nor premier cru status. Vines play no role in the information available. The village shows a different side of the region, namely the farmland that surrounds the famous wine-growing areas.

“The most recent count recorded 384 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2023).The Champagne crayeuseThe commune belongs to the Champagne crayeuse, the chalky or "dry" Champagne.

Name and history

The village name is recorded as Nuisement as early as 1173, and later forms such as Noisement and Nuysement appear. It probably derives from the Latin nuci montes, the hill of the walnut trees. It seems to have begun as nothing more than a small seat of local lordship: a fortified house with a moat, on the site of today's salle des fêtes. The lowest population was recorded in 1872, with 160 inhabitants.

Nature, sights and getting there

In the south-west of the commune, on the Cheniers plateau, lies a nature reserve with the last well-preserved pine and downy oak woods in the area. Several species that are rare in the region grow and live there. In the village itself, the church of Saint-Étienne is the only sight mentioned.

Pommery Champagner Produktion

• By car: the former Route nationale 77 (D 977) links Châlons-en-Champagne with Troyes, and the A 26 motorway runs from Reims to Troyes. The La Bardolle service area lies within the commune.
• By train: Nuisement-sur-Coole station is on the line from Orléans to Châlons-en-Champagne.
• Village road: the D 4 follows the Coole valley and leads to Châlons-en-Champagne.

If you cross Champagne on the A 26, you will almost inevitably pass this way. It is not a destination for a tasting, but as a stop on the way to the region's wine villages it works well.