Champvoisy | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Épernay |
Canton: | Dormans-Paysages de Champagne |
Insee: | 51121 |
Postal Code: | 51700 |
Mayor: | Laurent Grosdidier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Paysages de la Champagne |
Coordinates: | 49.1311°N 3.6372°W |
Elevation M: | 150 |
Area Km2: | 9.2 |
Champvoisy (in French pronounced as /ʃɑ̃vwazi/) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.[2] It is a rural municipality, with a very low population density (27 /km2 in 2017).[3] [4] The municipality is part of the functional area of Reims, which is composed of 294 municipalities.[5]
The primary land use of the municipality is agriculture. According to the CORINE Land Cover database, it is composed of arable land (54.1%), forests (22.3%), heterogeneous agricultural areas (9.3%), grasslands (8.6%), permanent crops (5.1%), industrial or commercial areas and communication network (0.6%).[6]
Champvoisy depended on the custom of Vitry and the presidial of Château-Thierry, the first known lord, in 1172, was Thierry de Pierepont. It also came under the monks of Coincy, of the commandery of Passy which had a chapel there.