Mareuil-sur-Ay

Mareuil-sur-Ay

Mareuil-sur-Ay

Delegated commune of Aÿ-Champagne in Grand Est, France

Mareuil-sur-Ay (French pronunciation: [maʁœj syʁ aj], literally Mareuil on Ay) is a former commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Since January 2016, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ is part of the administrative commune Aÿ-Champagne.[2] Its population was 1,113 in 2019.[1]

Quick Facts Country, Region ...

The patron saint is Saint Trésain.[3]

Champagne

Its vineyards are located in the Vallée de la Marne subregion of Champagne, and are classified as Premier Cru (99%) in the Champagne vineyard classification. Together with Tauxières-Mutry it is the highest rated of the Premier Cru villages, and has therefore just missed out on Grand Cru (100%) status.

Château Montebello.

Regardless, the vineyards, harvest huts, presses, and cellars in Mareuil-sur-Ay were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015 as part of the Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars site, because of the region's testimony to the development of champagne.[4]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mareuil-sur-Ay.

References

  1. [1]
    Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. [2]
    Arrêté préfectoral 9 November 2015 (in French).
  3. [3]
    Majoret, Laurent (1743), La vie de S. Tresain, Confesseur, Patron de Mareuil sur Marne & Patron de l'Église Paroissiale d'Avenay, Rheims: François Jeunehomme, retrieved 2021-08-20
  4. [4]
    "Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 12 December 2021.



Stub icon

This Marne geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Mareuil-sur-Ay, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.