- Département
- Marne
- Site
- South-east of Reims, on the edge of the Montagne de Reims
- Inhabitants
- 2,194 (as of 1 January 2023)
- Source
- Wikipedia, eigene Zusammenfassung
Taissy is a commune to the south-east of Reims in the Marne département. Wine has been grown here since Gallo-Roman times, and its wine was already being served at the court of Louis XIV.
Location
Taissy lies immediately south-east of Reims and forms part of the city's urban area. To the north, the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne marks the edge of the commune, while the Vesle and its side channels run through it. To the south come the well-known wine villages of Ludes and Rilly-la-Montagne, so Taissy sits on the edge of the Montagne de Reims. The A4 and A34 motorways also meet within the commune. Anyone travelling to Champagne from Paris or Strasbourg will therefore almost inevitably drive past Taissy.
Taissy is neither a grand cru nor a premier cru village. It is a place for the curious, for those who like to look beyond the classified vineyards.
Viticulture and landscape
The land is mostly farmed: in 2018 about 80 per cent of the area was agricultural, the greater part of it arable fields. Permanent crops, which include vines, account for around 14 per cent. Cereals and wine have shaped the village for a very long time. Documents from the time of Saint Remigius already speak of rich harvests of wine and grain. Gallo-Roman villas show that fields and vines were being worked here.
At the nearest Météo-France station, in Mailly-Champagne, seven kilometres away, the annual mean temperature from 1991 to 2020 was 11.2 °C.
History
The area was already settled in the Iron Age, and finds of graves and dwellings go back to about 450 BC. Later the village suffered through many wars, from the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of Religion to the two World Wars. In the First World War almost every house was destroyed and the inhabitants had to leave. Taissy was rebuilt.
After the Wars of Religion, wine from Taissy was sent to be tasted at the court of Louis XIV. The lords of Taissy, the Bezanne family, owned a château. The Colbert family had a manor house built, from which today's château developed.
In recent decades the village has changed a great deal. Its proximity to Reims, new residential districts and a business park have grown the population from around 600 to over 2,000. On 1 January 2023 the commune had 2,194 inhabitants. Since 2013 it has belonged to the Communauté d'agglomération Reims Métropole.
Sights
- Church of Notre-Dame, dating from the 12th century
- Château Challerange with its park
The climate is oceanic. At the nearest Météo-France station, in Mailly-Champagne, seven kilometres away, the annual mean temperature from 1991 to 2020 was 11.2 °C. Rainfall averaged 755.5 mm a year.
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