Épernay

Épernay is a common French located in the department of the Marne and the area Champagne-Ardenne. The inhabitants of Épernay are called the Sparnaciens, Sparnaciennes .

Commune located in wine-producing area, the essence of its history and its economy is attached to the champagne which constitutes also its tourist principal asset.

Geography

Situation

Épernay is located in the west of the department of the Marne, to 27 km in the south-west of Rheims, 31 km in the west of Châlons-in-Champagne, 48 km in the east of Castle-Thierry and 140 km in the North-East of Paris ( Porte of Bercy ).

The chalky area known as Champagne is characterized by a basement in Craie, often levelling which constitutes the Champagne vineyard in the middle which the city is located being presented in the form of a capital Champagne .

The area is characterized by peaceful climatic conditions even if one notes there sometimes Tornade S estival or brutal Orage S (accompanied or not by Grêle). It frequently freezes in open country but the falls of Neige are rare and weak (seldom more than 10 cm), the side Canal in the Marne and the brook Cubry joins the Marne in Épernay. As the Marne becomes navigable downstream from Épernay until Dormans, a Marina is installed in the commune.

By the way of the airs, Épernay can be served by a Aérodrome with enherbée track, located at Plivot.

To move in the city, the Communauté of common Champagne Épernay-Country has a service of bus (Sparnabus) which serves eleven lines on the whole of the community of communes including seven in Épernay. The commune does not have a cycle Track but the refitting of the Champagne avenue must comprise one in its finality of them running 2008.

Division of the city

As of the end of the 16th century, Épernay counts three suburbs: Saint-Thibault on the road of Sézanne, of Carries-Lucas on the road of Paris, the Madness on the road of Châlons. The city grows gradually with its population, growing rich by new districts. In 1965, the district of the villa , old dependence of Ay, becomes Épernay-Bank-Right-hand side . In 2007, the account city 22 district committees gathered in a council of district.

Following the law Barnier of February 2nd, 1995, the commune belongs to a Prevention plan of the risks (PR) concerning the floods and the landslides.

History

Origin

The name of Épernay is generally interpreted as resulting from the Gallo-Roman “sparnacus” which means place planted of spines . According to the legend, the place is not whereas a filled up marsh of brambles refer to “sparnacum” and even with “aquae-perennial”. The legend wants that the city was based by brothers tanners come to settle on the edges of the brook the cubry because water helped to soften the skins. Nevertheless it seems well that the foundation of the city is former to the installation of this industry.

After the Germanic invasions, the city passes under the domination of the Francs and it is Euloge (an officer of Clovis) which sees it allotting. It yields it to Saint Remi for: 5000 pounds of money in 496. In 593 Saint Remi bequeaths the commune by will to the church of Rheims, it is Frédégonde which makes it plunder. Finally in 720 and 765, in fact the wars of Charles Martel affect the city devastating it again.

The Middle Ages

In 1024, the city passes to the hands counts de Champagne following a treaty between the Archevêque of Rheims (Eble de Roucy) and Eudes II, champagne count. It will remain under their influence until in 1284 where Jeanne I {{Re}} of Navarre, last Champagne countess, marries Philippe IV of France taking along the seigniory of Épernay with it. But the power struggles continue and Épernay still often changes hands then being plundered and being burned. In spite of these disturbed times, this period is beneficial with the commune in term of installations of which some leave persistent memories until our days, it is in 1428 that it would have been taken again by Charles VII helped of Jeanne d' Arc. But on February 25th 1432, the city falls to the hands from the Duc from Burgundy which constrained population with a three years exile which will cease in 1435 when this one made peace with Charles VII: Because you are quite skilful, and of valiant courage:
Tesmoing is of your heart this young person fureur
Of which you desired close the Marne to attack the Emperor,
Which having passed the terminals of Meuse
Menassoit your Paris, your large' City fameuse However, the technique of the ground burned of François I {{er}} force Charles Quint to sign peace and the king helps with the rebuilding of the city by exempting the inhabitants of taxes and while enabling them to take in the forests what to rebuild the city in particular. Then starting from 1560, the quarrels of religion start to finish in war and even if Épernay is Catholique and faithful to the crown, it is victim of the invasions. The September 14th 1567, the Prince de Condé seizes Épernay and the Huguenot S reverse the font of baptism and break Orgue S, Cloche S and Statue S; they withdraw city only after having disarmed it and against a ransom of: 10500 pounds. In 1591, the city falls to the hands from the baron de Rosne. Henri IV decides to take it again and the marshal of Biron, faithful of Henri IV, dies at the time of the seat of the city in the July 26th 1592. The city is finally taken again by the king the August 9th 1592. But the city is still tested by a column of Uhlan S. In spite of its torments, the city increases and, in 1900, is built the first electric factory, modernized in 1912 to provide the Alternative course; it is not sufficient any more for the request as of 1934. For this reason, it becomes a strategic point of passage for the troops which station there in great number; thus it becomes an important hospital. Its proximity with the face makes him especially undergo many bombardments starting from 1917 and fear to fall to the enemy hands at the time of the offensive of May 1918, which will then reduce its population to some: 2000 inhabitants. The city is decorated with the Military Cross the February 8th 1920 by Raymond Poincaré for his resistance to the sufferings at the time of the war. Occupied starting from the June 14th 1940, Épernay sudden of new bombardments at the time of the Second world war, it will be released the August 28th 1944 by the 7th Armored Division - control by the Silvester general - 3rd army of the Général Patton. And as of the end of the 18th century, this product will give him a strong economic rise . With in particular a time of ostentation where many private mansions are built equipping the town of a rich inheritance dating from the Belle Time. However economy of the east city regularly and hard struck when harvests do not make it possible to sell the wine to buy foodstuffs. In 1698, the city is struck by the Famine, 1725, 1740 and in 1816. And in 1911, a revolt takes place following the delimitation of a zone of appellation contr4ol3ee in 1909 for the Champagne and ignited by the crisis of the Phylloxéra of 1909; it stops only after the military occupation of the area and a strong repression.

Culture and inheritance

Architectural heritage

Plundered, burned or partially destroyed more than twenty-five times during its history, the city preserves only few vestiges last but it shelters beautiful private mansions of the 19th century and account 149 sites listed in the Base Mérimée. To protect this inheritance the city established a ZPPAUP and the tourist bureau proposes two booklets on circuits known as Épernay, nose in the air… in order to discover this environment.

Of this architectural heritage, one can quote some elements.

  • the Saint Martin's day gate, built in 1540, it is of traditional Renaissance style.
  • the Castle-Perrier , built in 1854, because it is about one of the rare theaters to Italian whose machinery remained intact. It has a ceiling in cupola realized by Georges Jules-Victor Clairin.
  • the turn of Castellane , built between 1903 and 1905, it belongs to the higher structures French and is registered with the inventory of the historic buildings since May 17th, 1990. It was built starting from an old water tower. It is decorated with stained glasses of the 16th century and an organ coming from the old Saint Martin's day church.
(7 rue du Docteur Verron), also known like the hotel Biston , is registered since May 19th, 1993. It is on this house that was before the Renaissance frontage which went up on the right-sided of the court. This frontage, it so registered since May 19th, 1993, traditionally is indicated as the Maison of Louise of Savoy although it is one posterior time. Two particular buildings registers since September 8th, 1949 one for its interior woodworks (38 rue du Général-Leclerc), the other for its interior fitting ( hotel of Rohan , with the angle of the street of the street of the General-Leclerc and the street of the Cradles).

; Architectural heritage in the vicinity Other curiosities are also visited near Épernay like the castle of Pierry, the Château of Cop and the castle of Montmort.

Avenue de Champagne

Épernay is the seat of several large Country cottages, whose house Moet & Chandon and its orangery, house Mercier and his largest barrel of the world , house De Castellane and its tower, etc These houses have buildings of the 19th century of Renaissance style or traditional which for the majority are located on the Champagne avenue, classified as “remarkable site of the taste”. As of 1894, the majority of the large current houses have already their seat on this avenue dug in the Craie, a depth of approximately 20 meters even if some reach 40 meters. They thus make it possible to store enormous quantities of bottles of Champagne; the numerical value of these stocks gives him sometimes the richest nickname of which occurred of the world . In addition to the storage of the wine, they are used as shelter during the various wars and shelter even a race of cars in 1950 organized by the factories Renault at the time of the presentation of the 4 CV.

Bullfighter's costumes is a cultural event which takes place on the Champagne avenue all the second weekends of December.

, 97% of the site are composed of caducifoliées forests which are used as habitats for 56% with hêtraies of Asperulo-Fagetum. Two species present on this zone are considered rare or in danger at the European level: the crested Triton and the Leucorrhine with large thorax.

The common one has three flowers with the label flowered '' cities and villages '' and counts three courses of flowered walk at the beginning of variable the Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul church one duration old of 35 min with 55 min. Several parks are arranged for the public like the park of the town hall, the park of the Maison Galicia and the garden of the company of horticulture and vine growing carried out in 1873 or the garden of the company of horticulture and vine growing is arranged with plays for children.

Cultural heritage

The city presents an important cultural fabric constant by more than 300 associations of which some domiciled with the house of associations (8, rue Maurice-Cerveaux).

The cultural infrastructures comprise:

  • the museum of the wine from champagne, a museum on the work of the Vine and the Wine and the museum of Prehistory and regional Archeology which shelters objects of the Préhistoire, Protohistoire, Gallo-Roman time and Mérovingien which is not both closed for reorganization.
  • a cinema, the De luxe hotel (6 rooms from 55 to 305 places) whose programming includes the cinema news as much as short films, films of original version, etc
  • a media library which places at the disposal of the public funds encyclopedic as well as discs and where readings of tales proceed, various data-processing workshops and regular exposures.
  • an exhibition site, the millésium (of: 4000 with: 7300 places) which accommodates concerts, spectacles, living rooms or the chips of Épernay.
  • Two social centres and cultural (House for all and Firm of the Hospital) which offer educational and cultural activities, but also set up services such as halt-nursery, permanence of the social services, etc
  • the inter-commune school of music of Épernay and its area (8, rue Maurice-Cerveaux) which exempts the teaching of the majority of the traditional instruments functioning according to the school calendar.
  • a palate of the festivals (Room Roger Menu) which is dedicated in particular to the associative cultural events and which accommodates also spectacles or concerts.

Personalities related to the city

; Born in Épernay ; Died in Épernay ; Buried in Épernay

Gastronomy

See also: Wine from champagne

In addition to the Champagne in itself, the majority of the local specialities turn around this product like the Ratafia of champagne , the marc of champagne , the fine marl , the sorbet with the marc of champagne , the stoppers of Chocolat to the marc of champagne , the Sabayon with Champagne, etc or on the products likely to accompany it (pink cookies of Rheims, croquignoles, etc). Other specialities are adapted to the local products the such royal Kir where the Burgundy is replaced by Champagne or the royal Choucroute where the Riesling is replaced by Champagne containing cabbage, small salted, streaky bacon and knuckle of ham been used with bread sections wet for the vegetable stock.

Economy and population

Demography

Épernay knew a progressive and regular population growth accompanying its urbanization. But since the Years 1970, its population drops slowly with the image of its area where even if the births remain more numerous than the deaths, there exists an important migratory deficit due at the beginning of the young adults who leave an area considered as not very gravitational from his climate and his unfavorable economic context. This migratory deficit of the young adults - often graduate - is translated at the same time in the population pyramid by a growing old population but also by a fall of the level of diploma of the area.

Sources:

The population with the census of 1999 counted to 52,4% women and 47,6% men.

; Immigration Épernay counts French 94,5% - including 91,9% of birth and 2,6% by acquisition - for 5,5% from abroad. With the image of the area, it is the Portuguese community which is most important, representing 1,9% of the population of the city, followed community Morocco groin (1,1% of the population) but the city dissociates by the Turkish community (0,8% of the population) which is placed in 3rd position.

; Activity and school level The Unemployment rate is of 6,6% with the last estimate of 2005, that is to say: 2970 people. 79% of the credits of the commune are Salarié S and more than 60% of them are in Permanent contract. 15 years the not provided education for population or more under-is mainly qualified (24% without diploma and 25,7% holder of a CAPE or a BEP); 23,7% of them have a diploma equivalent or higher than the VAT.

Economic activities

Rheims and Épernay is the most dynamic districts of the Marne in term of economic activity and social: mechanical engineering industry and of transformation, the building and public works, the industry of Champagne and its additional activities.

Épernay is located in wine country, which make Champagne, its product-headlight and the engine of its dynamism. Épernay is one of the principal centers of the production of Champagne and counts 58% of employment in this sector occupying 30% of the usable surface of the area. The local companies - of which 12% are related industries - are thus dependant on the good behavior of Champagne. This prevalence of industries related to Champagne is also found in a productive sphere of the wages very important of which 10th is announced for 2008.

This dynamism is transmitted to the trade where the balance of creations and radiations of establishments is always in 2006 highest of the department. Besides Épernay has a zone of artisanal activities to Pierry, a zone of marketing activities to Dizy and a partially pedestrian downtown area. And the market radius of the city extends on 21 communes, whereas the essence of employment are in the Industrie (26,7%) or in the Tertiary sector (68,3%), even if the public Sphère in the wages is negative because, because of its small size, the city is dependant on Rheims what is translated in the influence of the residential sphere in the salaires.

Large companies present on the commune

Among the first 100 companies marnaises, 13 are localized in Épernay.

Among the first 100 employers marnais, 13 are localized in Épernay.

; The SNCF Eimm - Industrial plant of Maintenance of the Material The railroad arrives at Épernay in 1849 during the construction of the Ligne Paris-Strasbourg, the workshops builds in same time are used then for maintenance of the engines with vapor then quickly with their construction until in 1952. They are then reconverted for the repair of the diesel material making fall the number of workmen of: 1800 even: 2000 with most extremely to 650 as well as maintenance of level 3 of the oars circulating in Ile-de-France until 2012. The personnel is estimated at 200 agents for 2008. Their important surface their was worth to be used like hospital at the time of the Guerre of 1870 and workshop for the construction of weapons during the First World War.

; Vintage Because of the vineyard, important a seasonal Labor is necessary at the time of the Vendange S (generally in September). To face this specific surge, the ANPE installs an antenna specialized in the court of the SNCF railway station putting the producers in connection with the applicants for work. The date of the grape harvest is fixed, each year, by the Interprofessional committee of the wine from champagne (CIVC). Traditionally, the grape harvest encloses by a festival called cochelet .

Housing

Épernay counted: 12310 Housing S in 1999 of which: 1132 vacant. Nearly a third of the dwellings have three parts (27,2%), or four parts (24,7%), then two parts (18,3%). The small ones and great residences remain minority (studios: 5,4%; residences of six parts or more: 8,2%). The majority of these residences, is: 9623 dwellings, was built before with 1974. These residences are to 89,3% of the main homes, distributed to 37,7% of individual residences and 62,1% of residences in an apartment building. These main homes are of a good level of equipment since 47,8% of them have a garage, a box or a site of carpark and alone 1,2% of them has neither bath-tub, nor shower.

37,4% of the inhabitants are Propriétaire S of their housing, against 59,9% which are Locataire S. the rate of social Housing is of 34,2%. The city has three offices HLM ( Plurihabitat it Champagne Toit ; Champagne Residences; Public Office Installation and Construction of the Marne ).

Because of its tourist potential, the city proposes ten Hôtel S, several rooms of hosts, a terminal for Camping-car and a municipal Camping (alley of Cumières).

The city is also equipped with structures for the emergency cases. Thus, the local delegation of the Croix-Rouge is equipped with a emergency lodging house (CHU) thus which can accommodate fifty people in the event of Emergency plan . And the Reception Saint-Vincent-of-Paul (A.S.V.P.) has an emergency lodging for the men of passage or without fixed residence (only the night, fourteen places) and an emergency lodging for the woman alones or with children, on standby of a solution of rehousing (fourteen places).

Districts

Épernay account 22 districts. According to the new standards of the inter-ministerial committee of the towns of March 2006, the city counts three districts of category 1 or qualified the very priority ones ( Bernon , Bernon Village and Beausoleil ), two of category 2 or qualified the priority ones ( White Vignes , Red Grounds ), two of category 3 or qualified the fairly priority ones ( Fort Chabrol , Résidence the Forging mills ). The whole of these districts are at the south-east of the city, except Fort Chabrol with the nord-ouest.
The district Bernon , classified zone of urban relaunching (ZRU), is the most underprivileged district of the city with an important unemployment rate (variable of 19,7% according to the sources). It is also most important of these districts with 20 listed companies or trade. Its population is largely resulting from the immigration but relatively young) which should finish in 2009.
Two of these districts are classified ZUS. The district of Beausoleil is characterized like a place of sedentarisation of Travelling entertainers. The district dormitory of the White Vines , whose very weak school results approach those noted in ZEP with a nongraduate population of 43,19%: a general sports room (the Comep ), eight Gymnasium S, five sports halls, a Dojo, two ground of Tennis (seven courts), three stages, a nautical base, a Bowling pitch, two swimming pool S of which Bulléo the watery space of DC Épernay-Country of Champagne, a skate-park and a Course of health on the edges of the Marne.

Sports event

Épernay organizes each year of many sports events of national or international importance. Thus, the city already accommodated the Tour de France twice in 1963 and 2002.

It organizes also several events in a regular way.

  • the Rally of the Wines from champagne , which is held one weekend of March; it is about a competition cash for the Coupe de France of the Rallys of the First Division.
  • Defil' handled (since 1988), which is held the evening of July 13rd; it is a large gathering of approximately: 2000 motor bikes which ravel in the city.
  • Champ' kart , which is held at the end of July, where the Charles-of-Gaulle esplanade is transformed into circuit of Karting for a regional competition.
  • the Raid Épernay-Champagne (since 2000), which is held at the end of August and consisted of a challenge multisports: VTT, canoe, the run & bike , walk, etc
  • Épernay celebrate its sports (since 2000), which is held every two years at the end of September and makes it possible the sports associations to be made known or to make discover their sport.

Cultural life

Festivity

From the richness and the diversity of its associative fabric and cultural, many activities or animations are regularly organized throughout the year.

Some have a recurring character like:

  • Méli' Kid , a festival dedicated to the young public;
  • the contest of cords devoted to the classical music;
  • the Saint-Vincent, January 22nd, festival of the Saint-Owner of the Vine grower S with a procession in Champagne costume in the city;
  • the festival Musics of summer of at the end of June at the end of August (11° edition in 2006), a musical festival energy of the Jazz to the traditional while passing by Pop rock'n'roll, Reggae and musics of the world which is held in various places of the city;
  • the Fun fair, the last weekend of September.

Media

Several media papers are available in order to make known the topicality of the city. A daily newspaper for the agglomeration: the union sets up a edition of Épernay . A free monthly magazine Épernay the newspaper published by the town hall since 2002 which treats fields of competence of city (road works, restoration of district, etc) and presents a diary devoted to the leisures. A free monthly magazine Épernay out of pocket published since 2003 which presents the various cultural activities and sporting of the area.

In term of television, it is France the 3 Champagne-Ardennes which treat area in its regional unhookings. The city has also a Télévision of proximity ( TV-Center Bernon ) which takes part in particular in educational actions.

Tally of life

The city is invested in sustainable development via a policy aiming at privileging the framework of life. Thus, the buses of the commune ( Sparnabus ) run to the Diester since 1994. Épernay is also invested in cleanliness with a program of fight against the canine dejections. Finally Épernay practices the Recycling waste and places two déchetteries - free within the limit of 1 m per day - at the disposal of the private individuals (dechettery of Chouilly, dechettery of Magenta). At the end of June 2007, the commune with its Community of Common inaugurated the communal Purification plant which is the first in Europe to use the technique of oxidation by wet process (OVH). To continue its action in the direction of the safeguarding of the environment, the city wishes to obtain with a Charte of éco responsibility and a Agenda 21 which would aim at implementing an action plan to improve quality of life of the inhabitants, to save the natural resources and to reinforce the attractivity of the territory.

The commune is the 36e signatory of the regional Charte of development of the environmental Quality of the buildings .

Places of worship

  • catholic Worship : Six church S: Notre-Dame (place Hugues-Lead), Saint-Bernon, Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul (Raoul-Chandon public garden), Saint-Vincent of Vine-White, the St. Lawrence, Holy-Marthe and the vault of the Hospital Auban-Moët.
  • Worship evangelic: A evangelic church of Pentecost (street Paulmier).
  • ic Worship Islam: A Mosque open in January 2006 in the district Bernon .
  • Worship Jew: A Synagog (boulevard of the Mound), built in 1880 and equipped with a Rosette inside which is the star of David.
  • Worship protesting: A Temple Calvin ist (rampart Perrier).

  • Three Cemetery S: the cemetery of North (street Legris Coast), the cemetery of the villa (street of the Equality), the cemetery Jew.

Administrative life

Administration

Épernay is a Sous-préfecture department of the Marne. It is the Chef-lieu of the Arrondissement of Épernay and both canton S Homonyme S (Canton of Épernay-1 and Canton of Épernay-2). It belongs to the Communauté of common Champagne Épernay-Country.

Épernay has its clean magistrates' court, its bankruptcy court and its court of arbitration. It depends on the Court of Bankruptcy and of the administrative court of Châlons-in-Champagne and its chamber of commerce is with Rheims.

The Municipal council is composed of thirty-five city council men (including the mayor and twelve assistant), proportionally with the number of habitants.
The budget 2007 envisages the continuity of the renovation works already undertaken like those the roadway system (including one large building site of refitting of the Champagne avenue), those of the Opération of urban renovation on the district Bernon, the programme of repairing of the nursery schools and elementary (which includes/understands an envelope aiming at their computerization). This budget comprises also elements aiming preserving the inheritance, at subsidizing the social domain, the sport and the accessibility of the people with reduced mobility.

Taxation

The rate of Taxe of dwelling for the commune is relatively stable to 20,19% in 2003 and 20,59% in 2006. Just like that of the department which is of 6% in 2003 and 150 pay the Solidarity tax on fortune in 2006.

Elections

The city belongs to the Sixth district of the Marne. The Appointed, elected with the legislative elections 2007, of this district is Philippe Martin and his substitute Claude Gobillard.

Politically, Épernay is a city rather directed center-right, the voters having continuously renewed their support by the center-right municipal majorities since 1983.

With the presidential election of 2002, the first turn saw arriving at the head Jacques Chirac with 19,45%, then Jean-Marie Le Pen with 17,16%, followed Lionel Jospin with 15,88% then Arlette Laguiller with 8,15%, Francois Bayrou with 7,77%, No5el Mamère with 5,34%, Robert Hue with 5,04%, the other candidates not exceeding the threshold of 5%.
With the second turn, the voters voted to 82,08% for Jacques Chirac against 17,92% for Jean-Marie Le Pen with a rate of abstention from 29,83%, result rather close to the national tendencies (respectively 82,21% and 17,79%; abstention 20,29%).

With the presidential election of 2007, the first turn saw arriving at the head Nicolas Sarkozy with 29,42%, then Ségolène Royal with 25,30%, followed Francois Bayrou with 17,77% then Jean-Marie Le Pen with 12,62%, Olivier Besancenot with 5,19%, the other candidates not exceeding the threshold of 5%. With the second turn, the voters voted to 51,34% for Nicolas Sarkozy against 48,66% for Ségolène Royal with a rate of abstention from 24,61%. The General trade union of the vine growers of the Champagne (SGV) is also installed in Épernay.

; Safety Épernay gathers a Caserne firemen of a manpower of 54 professional firemen (avenue of the Margueritte General), a police station (7 rue Jean Chandon Moët), a gendarmerie (2 avenue de la Martinique) and a municipal police (street Jean Moët). The city, to invest itself in the fight against the road insecurity, was equipped, in 2003, of a Radar eurolaser which is appeared as jumelles.
The rate of criminality of the district of police force of Épernay was of 59,71 acts for 1000 inhabitants (crimes and offenses, figures 2005) what makes some weakest of the area Champagne-Ardenne behind Chaumont (56,34/1000), very largely lower than average the main road (83/1000) and regional (76,89/1000). The rate of resolution of the businesses by the police services was the same year of 43,04%, highest of the area.

Early childhood

Épernay has various equipment dedicated to the Early childhood:
  • Two collective cribs: crib Tom Inch, Thiercelin crib.
  • a family crib.
  • Three halts nursery: p' tits stoppers, piracy and the blue whale.
  • the footbridge: a place of reception parents/children.

Teaching

The town of Épernay concerns the Académie of Rheims. These schools are managed by the direction of education of the town hall under the supervision of the departmental inspection of State education to Châlons-in-Champagne.
The case of the schools coordinates the installation of sports activities and various workshops in the elementary schools Mondays, Tuesday, Thursdays and Fridays of 16:30 to 17:45 during the school year. A school restaurant ensures the canteen of midday for the nursery schools and primary education.

In 1798, there exist three elementary schools with Épernay. The first school of girls opens in 1893, Leon-Middle-class man, Pré with right Elbow-Bank and Saintonge.

  • Three private nursery schools: Sacred Heart, Saint-Charles and Notre-Dame Saint-Victor.

; Elementary schools

  • Eight public elementary schools: Bachelin, Beautiful Valley, Heat-Lane, school complex Chalk pit, Jean-Jacques Rousseau-Marx Dormoy, Jean-Jaurès, Vine-White I and Vine-White II.
  • Three private elementary schools: Sainte-Marie, Saint-Charles and Notre-Dame Saint-Victor.

; Colleges

  • Three College S of public education: Red Jean-Monnet, Legris Coast and Terres.
  • a college of private education: Notre-Dame Saint-Victor.

; Colleges

  • Two College S of public education: Leon-middle-class man (Champagne avenue) and LP-LEGT Godart-Roger which has a boarding school.
  • Two colleges of private education: Notre-Dame Saint-Victor and LEP Sainte-Marie.
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Health

Épernay shelters the Hospital Auban-Moët with 541 beds, the Saint-Vincent polyclinic with 100 beds and the house Holy-Marthe, a hospital of care of continuation and rehabilitation with 51 beds. One finds there also a center médico-psycho-teaching (CMPP) and a center of action medico-social early (all two, street Chocatelle); as well as a reception center and care for drug addicts (CAST - Foch avenue), a hospital of day known as Winnicot (which occurred Jean Jaurès) and a therapeutic reception center for children and teenagers (street of the small meadows). In 2007, the common one counts two cabinets of Radiologie, three medical analysis laboratories, about fifteen Médecin S general practitioners and thirteen Pharmacie S.

The city comprises several public corporations (Residence the Cedar , Résidence the Champagne Hamlet , Logement-foyer André Chenier ) and private (Residence the three pinks ) of lodging for valid elderly.

Twinnings

An association Épernay Jumelages has the role of making live different the Jumelage S by establishing the link between the various populations.

Others

Anecdotes on the streets of the city

The quay of the island Belon bears the name of an island disappeared during the alteration work of the railway line in 1849. At the time of the Revolution, the titles of nobilities were burned on the place Hugues Plomb . The street of Jancelins is regarded as the longest street of Épernay; it crosses the city of is in west. The street Saint Martin's day and the street Saint-Thibault are regarded as the oldest streets of the city.
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