Reims hotels and guide

About the city

Reims is a city of the Champagne-Ardenne région of northern France, standing 144 km (89 miles) east-northeast of Paris. It was founded during the period of the Roman Empire and is perhaps best known for its cathedral, where generations of French kings were crowned.

Reims is often considered the capital of Champagne, an old province of France, world-famous for its sparkling wine (Champagne). Today however, it is merely the largest city in the region. At the 1999 census, there were 187,206 inhabitants (Rémoises (feminine) and Rémois) in the city of Reims proper (the commune), while there were 291,735 inhabitants in the whole metropolitan area (aire urbaine).

 

 

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