- Département
- Marne (Grand Est region)
- Site
- Montagne de Reims, about 8 km south-west of Reims
- Inhabitants
- 497 (as of 2023)
- Source
- Wikipedia, eigene Zusammenfassung
Pargny-lès-Reims is a small village on the Montagne de Reims, about eight kilometres south-west of Reims. Vineyards cover part of its commune.
Location
Pargny-lès-Reims lies in the Marne département, about eight kilometres south-west of Reims, on the edge of the Montagne de Reims. In 2023 the village had exactly 497 inhabitants. It belongs to the canton of Fismes-Montagne de Reims and sits within the catchment area of the city of Reims. Neighbouring villages are Coulommes-la-Montagne, Ormes, Les Mesneux, Jouy-lès-Reims and Bouilly. The Ruisseau de la Froide Fontaine drains the commune.
Landscape and viticulture
Pargny-lès-Reims is classified neither as grand cru nor as premier cru. Even so, a look at how the land is used shows how strongly agriculture shapes the village. Around 80 per cent of the commune is farmed:
- Arable land: 53 per cent
- Permanent crops: 26.1 per cent
- Woodland: 17 per cent
- Built-up area: 2.8 per cent
In this region, permanent crops generally means vineyards. The source does not say how much of that is planted for champagne. The mix of fields, woods and vines is nonetheless typical of the slopes around Reims.
The annual mean between 1971 and 2000 was 10.6 °C, with 725 millimetres of rainfall.
Météo-France describes the climate as oceanic, with cool summers and cold winters. The annual mean between 1971 and 2000 was 10.6 °C, with 725 millimetres of rainfall. The nearest weather station, at Chambrecy nine kilometres away, recorded a high of 40.3 °C on 25 July 2019 and a low of minus 22.1 °C on 17 January 1985. The growers of the Montagne de Reims know such extremes well.
Name and history
The village name has been recorded since the 12th century, first as Pargné (1176). In the Middle Ages it also appears as Pargneyum in Montana (1287), meaning Pargny on the mountain. The mountain in question is the Montagne de Reims. The little word lès simply means "near": the name places the village in the orbit of the larger neighbouring city of Reims. For its role in the First World War, the commune was awarded the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 on 30 May 1921.
Sights
The most important building is the church of Saint-Martin. It dates from the 12th century and was altered in the 15th and 19th centuries. Robert d'Harcourt (1881 to 1965), a member of the Académie française, is also associated with Pargny-lès-Reims.
For food and wine lovers
The source names no champagne houses in Pargny-lès-Reims. Visitors come for the landscape: it makes a quiet stop away from the bigger towns, for instance on a drive from Reims through the villages of the Montagne. Here you see Champagne as a working rural landscape, where vines, fields and woods lie close together.
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