Dormans () is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
located in the
Marne Marne can refer to:
Places France
*Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine
*Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river
* La Marne, a commune in western France
*Marne, a legislative constituency (France)
Nethe ...
department and in the
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
region of France.
[Commune de Dormans (51217)]
INSEE
Geography
Dormans is located in the valley of the Marne, at the border between the departments of the Marne and the Aisne, some 40 km from Reims and 25 km from Chateau-Thierry. The
RN 3 goes through Dormans and leads to the
autoroute A4. Dormans has a train station on the
Paris–Strasbourg railway that sees multiple
SNCF trains daily.
Dormans is at the heart of the Champagne vineyards.
Villages under jurisdiction of Dormans
The commune of Dormans regroups several small villages: Champaillet, Chavenay, Soilly, Try, Sainte-Croix, Vassieux and Vassy.
Soilly used to be its own commune but was integrated to Dormans in 1969.
Politics and administration
The commune is located in the
arrondissement of Épernay
The arrondissement of Épernay is an arrondissement of France in the Marne department in the Grand Est region. It has 208 communes. Its population is 120,269 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Épernay, ...
, in the department of the Marne.
[
Dormans is twinned with ]Dorsten
Dorsten (; Westphalian: ''Dössen'') is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and has a population of about 75,000.
Dorsten is situated on the western rim of Westphalia bordering the Rhineland. Its histor ...
, Germany, since 1981.
Population
Gallery
Façade sud 04040.JPG, castle
Dormans britanniques 02625.JPG, World War I cemetery
Église Soilly.JPG, churches
Dormans - église (09).JPG
See also
* Communes of the Marne department
References
Further reading
* Dom Albert Noël, ''Dormans (Notice historique sur le canton)'', Le Livre d'Histoire – Lorisse, 1877,
Communes of Marne (department)
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