Grand Est
Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...
Dormans is located in the valley of the Marne, at the border between the departments of the Marne and the Aisne, some 40 km from Reims and 25 km from Chateau-Thierry. The RN 3 goes through Dormans and leads to the autoroute A4. Dormans has a train station on the Paris–Strasbourg railway that sees multiple
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...
trains daily.
Dormans is at the heart of the Champagne vineyards.
Villages under jurisdiction of Dormans
The commune of Dormans regroups several small villages: Champaillet, Chavenay, Soilly, Try, Sainte-Croix, Vassieux and Vassy.
Soilly used to be its own commune but was integrated to Dormans in 1969.
Politics and administration
The commune is located in the
arrondissement of Épernay
The arrondissement of Épernay is an Arrondissements of France, arrondissement of France in the Marne (department), Marne Departments of France, department in the Grand Est Regions of France, region. It has 208 Communes of France, communes. Its pop ...
, in the department of the Marne.
Dormans is twinned with
Dorsten
Dorsten (; Westphalian: ''Dössen'') is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and has a population of about 75,000.
Dorsten is situated on the western rim of Westphalia bordering the Rhineland. Its histori ...
, Germany, since 1981.
Population
Gallery
Façade sud 04040.JPG, castle
Dormans britanniques 02625.JPG, World War I cemetery
Église Soilly.JPG, churches
Dormans - église (09).JPG