- Département
- Marne (Grand Est region)
- Site
- South-east of the Marne département, in the catchment area of Vitry-le-François, on the Fion
- Inhabitants
- 267 (2023)
- Source
- Wikipedia, eigene Zusammenfassung
A small commune in the Marne département with 267 inhabitants, in the catchment area of Vitry-le-François on the little river Fion. A rural village with no cru classification, but with Champagne in its name.
Location and landscape
Saint-Lumier-en-Champagne is a small commune in the south-east of the Marne département, in the Grand Est region. It belongs to the catchment area of Vitry-le-François and lies outside any urban unit. The commune covers 8.62 km², and in 2023 it had 267 inhabitants. According to the Insee classification, it is rural with scattered housing.
Water plays a central role here. The Fion drains the commune, as does the Lisse. The Fion is 21 kilometres long, rises at Bassu and flows into the Marne at La Chaussée-sur-Marne. On its way it passes through seven communes.
Soil, climate and cultivation
Anyone expecting vines will see fields first. According to Corine Land Cover data, around 88 per cent of the land was agricultural in 2018. Most of that is arable land (83.8 per cent), with the rest made up of forest (8.2 per cent), permanent crops (4.4 per cent) and built-up land (3.6 per cent). The source does not say exactly which permanent crops are meant. Saint-Lumier-en-Champagne is neither grand cru nor premier cru and is not considered a champagne village in the narrow sense.
According to Corine Land Cover data, around 88 per cent of the land was agricultural in 2018.
The climate is oceanic, with cool summers and cold winters. The nearest Météo-France station is at Frignicourt, eleven kilometres away. For the years 1991 to 2020 it records a mean annual temperature of 11.5 °C and an average of 694.6 mm of rainfall. On 25 July 2019 it measured 41.7 °C, and on 9 January 1985 minus 22 °C. For the region's winegrowers, such extremes are a familiar subject.
Name and history
The village name refers to Saint Lumier, also called Leudomir, who died in 596 and was Bishop of Châlons-en-Champagne. The place appears in documents as early as 1079 as Sanctus Leudomirus. The spelling changed often over the centuries, and by 1227 the addition in Campania already appears. During the French Revolution the commune was briefly called Lumier-le-Ruisseau and later Fionval, both references to the Fion.
What to see and practical information
- The medieval church, dedicated to Saint Lumier, is the village's best-known building.
- Since 1 January 2014 the commune has belonged to the Communauté de communes Côtes de Champagne et Saulx, which was formed from four smaller associations.
- Waste collection is handled by the Syndicat mixte du Sud-Est Marnais.
For champagne travellers, Saint-Lumier-en-Champagne is more a place on the edge of the route. If you are exploring the area around Vitry-le-François, you will find a quiet village here, an old church and the Fion as a line running through the landscape. The great vineyard sites and houses of Champagne lie further north, but this part of the Marne département also belongs to historic Champagne.
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