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What is the Champagne-Ardenne region?

But as you will discover there is much more to the Champagne-Ardenne region than a bottle of bubbly! The Champagne-Ardenne region is situated in north-east of France along the French border with Belgium. Picardy and Paris are to the west, Burgundy to the south and Alsace-Lorraine to the east.

Is Champagne a coextensive region?

The region is coextensive with the former province of Champagne, which was bounded on the north by the bishopric of Liège and by Luxembourg, on the east by Lorraine, on the south by Burgundy, and on the west by Île-de-France and by Picardy. Historical Champagne is also coextensive with the modern-day région of Champagne-Ardenne ( q.v. ).

Is Champagne a part of France?

Champagne-Ardenne, former région of France, incorporated since January 2016 into the région of Grand Est. As an administrative entity, it encompassed the northern départements of Haute-Marne, Aube, Marne, and Ardennes and was roughly coextensive with the historical province of Champagne.

Why is Champagne-Ardenne important?

Historically, Champagne-Ardenne is noted as the scene of many battles since the French Revolution, including those in the campaign of 1794 and the Franco-German War, the Battle of the Ardennes in World War I, and the Battle of the Bulge, the final offensive action in France by the Germans in December 1944.