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Champagne-Ardenne

British  
/ ʃæmˈpeɪnɑːˈdɛn, ʃɑ̃paɲardɛn /

noun

  1. a region of NE France: a countship and commercial centre in medieval times; it consists of a great plain, with sheep and dairy farms and many vineyards

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Narrow roads wind between forgotten villages of the Champagne-Ardenne region, their church spires beckoning, their deserted streets emptied by the steady exodus of commerce and young people to bigger towns.

From New York Times

Households in the Normandy region were the worst hit by storm Eleanor, Enedis, a unit of state-controlled EDF said, while the area around Paris and northeastern Picardie and Champagne-Ardenne were also among those affected.

From Reuters

Gérard Liger-Belair, a physicist at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in France, and his team, which conducted one of the studies, captured this with high-speed cameras.

From New York Times

But researchers in France’s Champagne-Ardenne region have found that larger bubbles may actually improve the way a sparkling wine tastes.

From The Guardian

More than a decade ago several research colleagues from the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne and Moët & Chandon and I decided to examine the behavior of bubbles in carbonated beverages.

From Scientific American