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Coeur-de-la-Vallée

Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Marne

Villers-sous-Châtillon:

Villers-sous-Châtillon, a small typical Champagne village, where the majority of the inhabitants cultivate vines and sell their Champagne. Located in the middle of the Vallée de la Marne wine estate, it is surrounded by vineyards and wooded hills.

The dream for hikers: walk the paths and paths of vineyards under the sun, see a stag gracefully jumping at the edge of the wood, or a family of rabbits scurrying away, in the calm and silence of nature...

And what do we eat in Champagne? The famous "Hot Potée Champenoise": tender pork meat cooked for a long time with tasty vegetables: cabbage, carrots, leeks, turnips... each family has its own secret recipe... It is eaten with a hint of mustard, accompanied by cooking. A winter delight!

Geographical information

MunicipalityCoeur-de-la-Vallée
Postcode51480
Tourism label
Latitude49.0831480 (N 49° 4’ 59”)
Longitude3.7990190 (E 3° 47’ 56”)
Surface area13.59 km²
Population299 inhabitants
Density22 inhabitants/km²
PrefectureChâlons-en-Champagne (47 km, 54 min)
Insee code51457
IntercommunalityCC des Paysages de la Champagne
DepartmentMarne
TerritoryChampagne-Ardenne
RegionGreat East

Nearest cities & towns

oeuilly1.5 km (4 min)
Venteuil3.5 km (5 min)
Mareuil-le-Port4.6 km (5 min)
Châtillon-sur-Marne4.8 km (5 min)
Boursault5.2 km (9 min)
Leuvrigny5.6 km (7 min)
Vandières5.9 km (9 min)
Troissy7.4 km (8 min)
Festigny7.8 km (10 min)
Fleury-la-Rivière7.8 km (12 min)
Cuisles7.9 km (11 min)
Baslieux-sous-Châtillon8 km (11 min)
Damery8.3 km (9 min)
Vauciennes9.9 km (11 min)

Things to see and do

Villers-sous-Châtillon:

The village had its benefactor: Viscount Guyot de Chenizot, a contemporary of the French Revolution, owned land and a castle, and he liked to live there between two trips to Paris, where he held high office. Surprised by the Revolution of 1789, he owed his survival to the inhabitants of the village who dressed him as a peasant and protected him in his flight abroad. On his return, in gratitude, Viscount Guyot de Chenizot made many donations of land, and founded a hospice, a small school and many other benefits. The castle was destroyed by the bombings of the First World War (1914/1918), but a tower still exists and can be seen from the church square.

On the side of the church is the tomb of the Benefactor Viscount, erected by the villagers as a sign of recognition and thanks. A plaque recalling its benefits has also been placed inside the church.

A cooler dating from the 18th or 19th century sleeps at the very end of... rue de la Glacière! Consisting of an earthen tumulus, a dark corridor leads to a gigantic hole, which greatly fueled the fears of the children of the village... It is believed that it was once used to store blocks of ice, brought in carts, at a when refrigerators did not exist. The hallway is now walled off.

Binson-et-Orquigny:

Gastronomy: Champagne.

Places of interest

Monuments

Events and festivities

Binson-et-Orquigny:

Country market every Wednesday morning from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Photos

Villers-sous-Chatillon
Villers-sous-Chatillon
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Weather

Friday 29 march
Min. 8°C - Max. 14°C
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Saturday 30 march
Min. 6°C - Max. 12°C
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Sunday 31 march
Min. 5°C - Max. 12°C
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Visits, leisure and activities nearby

Unmissable: the Champagne Tourist Route! It meanders along the Marne, and crosses vineyards and pretty villages. A stopover in Hautvillers, cradle of Champagne, where the monk Dom Pérignon, a contemporary of King Louis XIV, discovered Champagne foam. Another stop at Châtillon-sur-Marne, where the imposing statue of Pope Urban II, a native of the village, blesses the valley with his arm raised. In fact, he blessed the first crusade in 1095. The curiosity is that the statue is hollow, and that a spiral staircase located inside the body, leads to a small window under the arm of the Pope: from there, very nice panorama on the surrounding countryside!

Very pretty Romanesque and Gothic churches scattered throughout the villages.

In Épernay, 12 km away, a visit to the Champagne cellars, dug in the chalk, is very popular.

Leisure activities

Last nameActivity typeRateCity
Guided buggy or quad tour of the Champagne vineyards
Nature and the great outdoors250 € to 960 € Festigny (5.6 km)
Wine-themed sensory experiences
Local flavours89 € Fleury-la-Rivière (6.2 km)
Foie gras tasting, champagne and meal
Local flavours10 € to 32 € Trélou-sur-Marne (12.7 km)
Hot Air Balloon Flight in Champagne
Nature and the great outdoors260 € Taissy (25 km)
Reims City Pass, 24 hours, 48 hours or 72 hours : visits, transport, cultural activities
Culture and education22 € Reims (25 km)

Outings

Last nameOuting typeDifficultyDurationDeparture municipality
From Epernay to Châlons-en-Champagne - The Marne Valley
All-terrain bike itineraryEasy2:35Épernay (12.4 km)
Moslins and hillsides south of Epernay
HikeIntermediate3:00Moslins (15.7 km)
The domain of the Princes de Condé
HikeIntermediate3:30Condé-en-Brie (19.5 km)
History Course of Oger
Village visitEasy1:00Blancs-Coteaux (21 km)
Flowery path of Oger
Village visitEasy1:00Blancs-Coteaux (21 km)

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