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Atlas of Champagne Crus: the 319 Villages of the Appellation and their 17 Grands Crus in Maps
The essentials
The Champagne AOC extends over 319 crus (310 present-day communes) and 34,317 hectares, across four regions: Vallée de la Marne (12,150 ha), Montagne de Reims, Côte des Bar and Côte des Blancs. 17 crus are classified as grand cru, 42 as premier cru. The largest grand cru is Chouilly (526 ha).
How many grands crus are there in Champagne?
17 villages are classified as grand cru: Chouilly, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Verzenay, Verzy, Oger, Ambonnay, Bouzy, Aÿ, Cramant, Mailly-Champagne, Avize, Sillery, Oiry, Tours-sur-Marne, Louvois, Beaumont-sur-Vesle, Puisieulx. Three of them are now part of a new merged commune: Aÿ (Aÿ-Champagne), Oger (Blancs-Coteaux) and Louvois (Val de Livre).
How many villages does the Champagne appellation include?
319 crus, that is to say the historic villages, now grouped into 310 communes, covering 34,317 hectares of vines classified under the AOC, spread across the Marne, the Aube and, more marginally, the Aisne, the Haute-Marne and the Seine-et-Marne.
What is the largest region in Champagne?
The Vallée de la Marne, with 103 crus and 12,150 hectares, ahead of the Montagne de Reims, the Côte des Bar and the Côte des Blancs.
What do the golden areas on the maps mean?
These are the plots classified under the Champagne AOC. The other cadastral plots (woods, meadows, built-up areas) remain shown with a thin line; the names in italics are those of the local place names.
The Champagne appellation covers 319 crus and 34,317 hectares, including 17 grands crus and 42 premiers crus. Here is our atlas: the map of the four regions, the parcel maps of the grands crus and the complete list of villages.
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The Champagne appellation does not cover a vague region: it is delimited plot by plot. It covers 319 crus — the historic villages, now grouped into 310 communes — and 34,317 hectares of classified vines, spread across four main regions, from the Montagne de Reims to the Côte des Bar, in the Aube. Among these crus, 17 are classified grand cru and 42 premier cru. We have drawn a plot map for each of them: here is the atlas, with the figures for each village.
The four main regions of Champagne
The Vallée de la Marne is the largest, with 12,150 hectares spread across more than a hundred communes, along the river between Château-Thierry and Épernay: it is the kingdom of pinot meunier. The Montagne de Reims, south of Reims, is the land of pinot noir, with its grands crus of Verzenay, Ambonnay and Bouzy. The Côte des Blancs, south of Épernay, is almost entirely planted with chardonnay: this is where the great blanc de blancs wines are born. The Côte des Bar, in the Aube, further south and closer to Burgundy than to Reims, mainly grows pinot noir on clay-limestone soils.
Each map shows a present-day commune and its boundaries (shown as dotted lines). The plots in gold are those classified under the Champagne AOC; the other plots on the land registry remain in thin outline. The names in italics are the lieux-dits, the plot names found on the labels of terroir-driven cuvées. Neighbouring communes are named at the edges, to place each village within its hillside.
The 17 grands crus of Champagne
Inherited from the old échelle des crus, which set the price of grapes according to the reputation of each village, the grands crus are the communes that achieved the maximum rating of 100%. Our article on the classification of premiers crus and grands crus tells its history. Here they are, from the largest to the smallest vineyard, the largest being Chouilly with 526 hectares.
Chouilly
Côte des Blancs · terroir Côte des Blancs · 526 ha.
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Côte des Blancs · terroir Côte des Blancs · 438 ha.
Verzenay
Montagne de Reims · terroir Grande Montagne Reims · 418 ha.
Verzy
Montagne de Reims · terroir Grande Montagne Reims · 404 ha.
Oger
Côte des Blancs · terroir Côte des Blancs · 402 ha. Oger has been part of the new commune of Blancs-Coteaux since 2018, along with Vertus and Voipreux, premiers crus; the map shows the whole commune.
Ambonnay
Montagne de Reims · terroir Grande Montagne Reims · 386 ha.
Bouzy
Montagne de Reims · terroir Grande Montagne Reims · 373 ha.
Aÿ
Vallée de la Marne · terroir Grande Vallée de Marne · 356 ha. Aÿ has been part of the new commune of Aÿ-Champagne since 2016, along with Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Bisseuil, two premiers crus; the map shows the whole commune.
Cramant
Côte des Blancs · terroir Côte des Blancs · 345 ha.
Mailly-Champagne
Montagne de Reims · terroir Grande Montagne Reims · 285 ha.
Avize
Côte des Blancs · terroir Côte des Blancs · 266 ha.
Sillery
Montagne de Reims · terroir Grande Montagne Reims · 92 ha.
Oiry
Côte des Blancs · terroir Côte des Blancs · 88 ha.
Tours-sur-Marne
Vallée de la Marne · terroir Grande Vallée de Marne · 52 ha.
Louvois
Montagne de Reims · terroir Grande Montagne Reims · 41 ha. Louvois has been part of the new commune of Val de Livre since 2017, along with Tauxières-Mutry, premier cru; the map shows the whole commune.
Beaumont-sur-Vesle
Montagne de Reims · terroir Grande Montagne Reims · 28 ha.
Puisieulx
Montagne de Reims · terroir Grande Montagne Reims · 19 ha.
The 42 premiers crus
The premiers crus correspond to the villages rated from 90 to 99% on the old scale. They are concentrated around the Montagne de Reims, the Grande Vallée de la Marne and the Côte des Blancs.
Premier cru
Area (ha)
Avenay-Val-d'Or (Vallée de la Marne)
236
Bergères-lès-Vertus (Côte des Blancs)
220
Bezannes (Montagne de Reims)
7
Billy-le-Grand (Montagne de Reims)
64
Bisseuil (Aÿ-Champagne) (Vallée de la Marne)
125
Chamery (Montagne de Reims)
205
Champillon (Vallée de la Marne)
73
Chigny-les-Roses (Montagne de Reims)
132
Cormontreuil (Montagne de Reims)
5
Coulommes-la-Montagne (Montagne de Reims)
77
Cuis (Côte des Blancs)
176
Cumières (Vallée de la Marne)
173
Dizy (Vallée de la Marne)
180
Écueil (Montagne de Reims)
145
Étréchy (Côte des Blancs)
10
Grauves (Côte des Blancs)
187
Hautvillers (Vallée de la Marne)
291
Jouy-lès-Reims (Montagne de Reims)
96
Les Mesneux (Montagne de Reims)
47
Ludes (Montagne de Reims)
319
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ (Aÿ-Champagne) (Vallée de la Marne)
294
Montbré (Montagne de Reims)
42
Mutigny (Vallée de la Marne)
103
Pargny-lès-Reims (Montagne de Reims)
77
Pierry (Vallée de la Marne)
110
Rilly-la-Montagne (Montagne de Reims)
313
Sacy (Montagne de Reims)
151
Sermiers (Montagne de Reims)
167
Taissy (Montagne de Reims)
149
Tauxières-Mutry (Val de Livre) (Montagne de Reims)
240
Trépail (Montagne de Reims)
280
Trois-Puits (Montagne de Reims)
40
Val-des-Marais (Côte des Blancs)
30
Vaudemange (Montagne de Reims)
35
Vertus (Blancs-Coteaux) (Côte des Blancs)
542
Ville-Dommange (Montagne de Reims)
192
Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny (Côte des Blancs)
97
Villers-Allerand (Montagne de Reims)
132
Villers-aux-Nœuds (Montagne de Reims)
28
Villers-Marmery (Montagne de Reims)
248
Voipreux (Blancs-Coteaux) (Côte des Blancs)
41
Vrigny (Montagne de Reims)
90
The 319 crus of the appellation, region by region
Here is the complete list, with the area of classified vines for each cru. When a village is now part of a new commune, this is shown in parentheses. The largest is Les Riceys, with 838 hectares.
These maps were created by Pépites en Champagne. You may share or reproduce them by crediting Pépites en Champagne with a link to this page. To discover the wines of these villages, browse our champagnes and our grower-producers.
