Champvoisy

Commune in Grand Est, France

Location of Champvoisy

(2020–2026) Laurent Grosdidier^[1]Area

9.2 km² (3.6 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

252 • Density27/km² (71/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

51121 /51700

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Champvoisy (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃vwazi]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.^[3] It is a rural municipality, with a very low population density (27 /km² in 2017).^[4]^[5]^[6] The municipality is part of the functional area of Reims, which is composed of 294 municipalities.^[7]

Geography

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%).^[8]

History

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.

Demography

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	161	—
1975	153	−0.73%
1982	160	+0.64%
1990	184	+1.76%
1999	174	−0.62%
2007	198	+1.63%
2012	273	+6.63%
2017	249	−1.82%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Commune de Champvoisy (51121), INSEE
^ ^a ^b Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Grille communale de densité à 4 niveaux au 1er janvier 2022" (xls). INSEE.
^ Definition: Rural municipality, INSEE
^ Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Reims (036), INSEE
^ "CORINE Land Cover: Répartition des superficies en 15 postes d'occupation des sols (métropole)". Ministre de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. Retrieved 29 November 2022.