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Le Mesnil-sur-Oger (, literally ''Le Mesnil on
Oger
Oger may refer to:
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* Ogre, Latvia
* Oger, Marne, France
* Saudi Oger, a Saudi construction company
People with the name Given name
* Oger Klos (born 1993), Dutch professional footballer
Surname
* Thomas Oger (born 1980), Monegasque tenn ...
'') is a commune 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)
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department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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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 It superseded three former administrat ...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 in north-eastern France
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.
Champagne
The village's vineyards are located in theCôte des Blancs
The Côte des Blancs is an area of Champagne vineyards. Located in the department of Marne, it lies south of Epernay, stretches for about 20 km, and had a vineyard area of in 2006. The ''Côte des Blancs'' is a mostly eastern-facing slop ...
subregion of Champagne, and are classified as Grand Cru (100%) in the Champagne vineyard classification. On wine labels its name is often shortened to Le Mesnil. A Clos-type vineyard in the village is the source of Krug's ''Clos du Mesnil''.
See also
*Communes of the Marne department
The following is a list of the 613 communes in the French department of Marne.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Classification of Champagne vineyards
The classification of Champagne vineyards developed in the mid-20th century as a means of setting the price of grapes grown through the villages of the Champagne wine region. Unlike the classification of Bordeaux wine estates or Burgundy Grand c ...
References
Mesnilsuroger Grand Cru Champagne villages {{Marne-geo-stub