1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EPERNAY, a town of northern France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Marne, 88 m. E.N.E. of Paris on the main line of the Eastern railway to Chalons-sur-Marnc. Pop. (1906) 20,291. The town is situated on the left bank of the Marne at the extremity of the pretty valley of the Cubry, by which it is traversed. In the central and oldest quarter the streets arc narrow and irregular; the surrounding suburbs arc modern and more spacious, and that of La Folic, on the cast, contains many handsome villas bel…
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