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|population demonym = Rémois, Rémoise (Frenche)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/rémois|title=English translation of 'rémois'|website=[[Collins Dictionary|collinsdictionary.com]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins|HarperCollins Publishers LLC]]|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>

|mayor = Arnaud Robinet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=136 SeptemberJune 20222023|language=fr}}</ref>

'''Reims''' ({{IPAc-en|r|iː|m|z}} {{respell|REEMZ}}, {{IPAc-en|USalso|r|æ̃|s}},<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionarydict.com|Reims|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> {{IPA-|fr|ʁɛ̃s|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Reims.wav}}; also spelled '''Rheims''' in English) is the most populous city in the French [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Marne (department)|Marne]], and the [[List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants|12th most populous city in France]]. The city lies {{convert|129|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Paris on the [[Vesle]] river, a tributary of the [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]].

Founded by the [[Gauls]], Reims became a major city in the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|article=Reims|title=[[Petit Larousse|Nouveau petit Larousse]]|year=1971|page=1638}}</ref> Reims later played a prominent ceremonial role in [[history of France|French monarchical history]] as the traditional site of the coronation of the [[King of France|kings of France]]. The royal [[anointing]] was performed at the [[Reims Cathedral|Cathedral of Reims]], which housed the [[Holy Ampulla]] of [[chrism]] allegedly brought by a white dove at the baptism of Frankish king [[Clovis I]] in 496. For this reason, Reims is often referred to in French as {{lang|fr|la cité des sacres}} ("the Coronation City").

Before the Roman conquest of northern [[Gaul]], Reims had served as the [[Remi]] tribe's capital, founded circa {{Circa|80&nbsp;BC}}. In the course of [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[Gallic Wars|conquest of Gaul]] (58–51&nbsp;BC), the Remi allied themselves with the [[Roman Republic|Romans]], and by their fidelity throughout the various [[Gauls|Gallic]] insurrections secured the special favour of the imperial power.<ref name=EB1911/> At its height in Roman times the city had a population in the range of 30,000–50,000 or perhaps up to 100,000.<ref name="google">

</ref> Reims was first called {{lang|la|[[Durocortorum]]}}<ref>{{Cite book|author=Félix Gaffiot|author-link=Félix Gaffiot|title=[[Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français|Dictionnaire latin-français]]|year=1934|page=566}}</ref> in [[Latin]], which is hypothesized to derive from a [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] name meaning "Door of Cortoro-".<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean-Paul Savignac|title=Dictionnaire Français-Gaulois|publisher=La Différence|page=274}}</ref> The city later took its name from the [[Remi]] tribe<ref>{{Cite book|author=Auguste Longnon|title=Les noms de lieu de la France|year=1968|volume=1|language=fr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7QKAQAAIAAJ|page=103}}</ref> ({{lang|la|Rēmi}} or {{lang|la|Rhēmi}}).<ref>{{Cite book|author=Félix Gaffiot|author-link=Félix Gaffiot|title=[[Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français|Dictionnaire latin-français]]|year=1934|page=1339}}</ref> The modern French name is derived from the [[accusative case]] of the latter, {{lang|la|Rēmos}}.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Auguste Longnon|title=Les noms de lieu de la France|year=1968|volume=1|language=fr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7QKAQAAIAAJ|pages=98, 103}}</ref>

Christianity had become established in the city by 260, at which period Saint [[Sixtus of Reims]] founded the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims|Diocese of Reims]] (which would be elevated to an [[archdiocese]] around 750). The consul [[Jovinus (consul)|Jovinus]], an influential supporter of the new faith, repelled the [[Alamanni]] who invaded [[Champagne, France|Champagne]] in 336;, but the [[Vandals]] captured the city in 406 and slew [[Nicasius of Rheims|Bishop Nicasius]];<ref name=EB1911/> and in 451 [[Attila the Hun]] put Reims to fire and sword.

[[File:St Remy Bishop of Rheims begging of Clovis the restitution of the Sacred Vase taken by the Franks in the Pillage of Soissons.png|thumb|left|[[Saint Remigius]], Bishop of Reims, begging [[Clovis I|Clovis]] of the restitution of the Sacred Vase taken by the Franks in the pillage of Soissons. From the manuscript of the ''History of the Emperors'' ([[Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal|Library of the Arsenal]]).]]

Meetings of [[Pope Stephen II]] (752–757) with [[Pepin III|Pepin the Short]], and of [[Pope Leo III]] (795–816) with [[Charlemagne]] (died 814), took place at Reims; and here [[Pope Stephen IV]] crowned [[Louis the Pious|Louis the Debonnaire]] in 816. King [[Louis IV of France|Louis IV]] gave the city and countship of Reims to the archbishop [[Artaldus]] in 940. King [[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]] (reigned 1137–1180) gave the title of duke and peer to [[Guillaume aux Blanches Mains|William of Champagne]], archbishop from 1176 to 1202, and the archbishops of Reims took precedence over the other ecclesiastical [[peers of the realm]].<ref name=EB1911/>

[[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]] granted the city a communal charter in 1139. The [[Treaty of Troyes]] (1420) ceded it to the English, who had made a futile attempt to take it by siege in 1360; but French patriots expelled them on the approach of [[Joan of Arc]], who in 1429 had [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]] consecrated in the cathedral. [[Louis XI of France|Louis XI]] cruelly suppressed a revolt at Reims, caused in 1461 by the [[Gabelle|salt tax]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

During the [[French Wars of Religion]] the city sided with the [[Catholic League (French)|Catholic League]] (1585), but submitted to King [[Henry IV of France|Henri IV]] after the [[battle of Ivry]] (1590).<ref name=EB1911/> At about the same time, the [[English College, Douai|English College]] had been "at Reims for some years."<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Seventeenth-Century Tradition: A Study in Recusant Thought|author=George Henry Tavard|year=1978|isbn=9004054561|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tr8eAAAAIAAJ}}</ref>

The city was stricken with plague in 1635, and again in 1668, followed by an epidemic of typhus in 1693–1694.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Population|first=J.-M.|last=R.|title=Benoit R. — ''Vivre et mourir à Reims au Grand Siècle (1580-1720)'' [compte-rendu]|language=fr|year=2000|volume=55|issue=2|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/pop_0032-4663_2000_num_55_2_7132|pages=405–406|doi=10.2307/1535044|jstor=1535044}}</ref> The construction of the {{lang|fr|[[Hôtel de Ville, Reims|Hôtel de Ville]]|italic=no}} dates back to the same century.

On 30 October 1908, [[Henri Farman]] made the first cross-country flight from [[Châlons-sur-Marne|Châlons]] to Reims.<ref>{{cite periodicalmagazine |dateauthor=21<!--Staff; Novemberno by-line.--> 1908|periodicaltitle=A New Era in Aeroplane Transport |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |publisher=Munn & Co. |date=21 November 1908 |volume=99 |issue=21 |page=cover350}}</ref> In August 1909 Reims hosted the first international [[aviation meet]], the ''[[Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne]]''. Major aviation personages such as [[Glenn Curtiss]], [[Louis Blériot]] and [[Louis Paulhan]] participated.

Hostilities in [[World War I]] greatly damaged the city. [[German Army (German Empire)|German]] bombardment and a subsequent fire in 1914 did severe damage to the cathedral.<ref name="smarthistory">{{cncite web|last=Bolli|first=Christine M.|url=https://smarthistory.org/reims-cathedral-world-war/|title=Fact and fiction: The explosion of Reims Cathedral during World War I|publisher=[[Smarthistory]]|access-date=November18 June 20222024}}</ref> The ruined cathedral became one of the central images of [[anti-German sentiment|anti-German]] [[Atrocity propaganda#World War I|propaganda]] produced in France during the war, which presented it, along with the ruins of the [[Ypres Cloth Hall]] and the [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|University Library in Louvain]], as evidence that German aggression targeted cultural landmarks of European civilization.<ref>{{cncite web|last=Clark|first=James|date=November6 2022June 2018|url=https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/war-among-ruins|title=War Among The Ruins|publisher=[[History Today]]|access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> Since the end of World War I, an international effort to restore the cathedral from the ruins has continued.{{cn|date<ref name=November"smarthistory" 2022}}/>

The British statesman [[Leslie Hore-Belisha]] died of a cerebral haemorrhage while making a speech at the {{lang|fr|[[Hôtel de Ville, Reims|Hôtel de Ville]]|italic=no}} in February 1957.<gallery>

File:Clovis crop.jpg|alt=|[[Master of Saint Giles]], ''The Baptism of Clovis'' (detail), c. 1500{{Circa|1500}} ([[National Gallery of Art]])

Rue de Vesle is the main commercial street (continued under other names), traversing the city from southwest to northeast through the [[Place Royale, Reims|Place Royale]].<ref name=EB1911/> The economy of Reims is driven by the wine and Champagne industries and innovation in the bio-economic field.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-06 |title=Reims - Eurocities |url=https://eurocities.eu/cities/reims/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=eurocities.eu |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The [[Basilica of Saint-Remi]], founded in the 11th century "over the chapel of St. Christophe where [[Saint Remigius|St. Remi]] was buried",<ref name="The National Geographic Traveler: France">{{Cite book|title=The National Geographic Traveler: France|year = 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZfWAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> is "the largest [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church in northern France, though with later additions."<ref name="The National Geographic Traveler: France"/>

The [[Hôtel de Ville, Reims|Hôtel de Ville]], erected in the 17th century and enlarged in the 19th, features a [[pediment]] with an equestrian statue of [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] (reigned 1610 to 1643).<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|wstitle=Reims|inline=1}}</ref>

The [[Museum of Fine Arts, Reims|Museum of Fine Arts]] is housed in the former Abbey of Saint-Denis. ThePart of the former Collège des Jésuites has also become a museumcontemporary art gallery: the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FRAC Champagne-Ardenne |url=https://www.frac-champagneardenne.org/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=www.frac-champagneardenne.org |language=fr}}</ref>

The Museum of the Surrender is the building in which on 7 May 1945, [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] and the Allies received the unconditional surrender of the German [[Wehrmacht]].

Between 1925 and 1969, Reims hosted the ''[[Grand Prix de la Marne]]'' [[auto racing|automobile race]] at the circuit of [[Reims-Gueux]]. The [[French Grand Prix]] took place here 14 times between 1938 and 1966.

In October 2018, the city hosted the second [[Teqball]] World Cup.<ref>{{citationcite neededweb|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1075167/teqball-world-cup|title=Teqball World Championships and World Rankings|publisher=[[Inside the Games]]|access-date=November18 June 20222024}}</ref>

Reims is served by two main railway stations: [[Gare de Reims]] in the city centre, the hub for regional transport, and the new [[Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV]] {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=off}} southwest of the city with high-speed rail connections to Paris, Metz, Nancy and Strasbourg. There are two other railway stations for local services in the southern suburbs: [[Franchet d'Esperey station|Franchet d'Esperey]] and [[Reims-Maison-Blanche station|Reims-Maison-Blanche]]. The motorways [[A4 autoroute|A4]] (Paris-Strasbourg), [[A26 autoroute|A26]] (Calais-Langres) and [[A34 autoroute|A34]] intersect near Reims.[[File:Reims - Grille des Basses-Promenades (2).JPG|thumb|Paris Gate, Basses Promenades]]Public transport within the city consists of buses and a [[Reims tramway|tramway]], the latter opened in 2011. There is also a bikeshare program, Zébullo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bike Share Map: Reims (Zébullo) |url=https://bikesharemap.com/reims/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Bike Share Map: Reims (Zébullo) |language=en}}</ref>

Among the parks and gardens of Reims are the Parc de Champagne, where a [[Monument to the Heroes of the Black Army]] is located, and the Promenades.

The [[University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne|URCA]] (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne) was founded in 1548. This multidisciplinary university develops innovative, fundamental, and applied research. It provides more than 18,000 students in Reims (22,000 in Champagne-Ardenne) with a wide initial undergraduate studies program which corresponds to society's needs in all domains of the knowledge. The university also accompanies independent or company-backed students in continuing professional development training. The [[Sciences Po Paris|Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris]], the leading French university in social and political sciences, also known as SciencesSciencesPo PoParis, opened a new campus in the former {{Interlanguage link multi|Collège des Jésuites de Reims|fr}} in 2010. It hosts both the Europe-Africa and Europe-America Program<ref name="sciences-po">{{cite web|url=http://college.sciences-po.fr/sitereims/ |title=Welcome &#124; Sciences Po - College Universitaire de Reims - Campus Euro-Américain |publisherurl=http://college.sciences-po.fr/sitereims/ |access-date=10 October 2014 |publisher=college.sciences-po.fr}}</ref> with more than 1,500 students in the respective programs. Aside from its Jesuit architecture, the campus also features the oldest grape vines in France,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les vendanges de la plus vieille vigne de France à Reims |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/les-echappees-de-nicolas/champagne-ardenne/les-vendanges-de-la-plus-vieille-vigne-de-france-a-reims |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}</ref> which are harvested every year by the City of Reims and are not at the disposal of students or visitors. In 2012 the first Reims [[Model United Nations]] was launched, which gathered 200 international students from all the Sciences Po campuses. Daniel Rondeau, the ambassador of France to [[UNESCO]] and a French writer, is the patron of the event. [[NEOMA Business School]] (former [[Reims Management School]]) is also one of the main schools in Reims.

* [[Adolphe d'Archiac]] (1802–1868), geologist and [[Paleontology|paleontologist]]

* [[Jean Baudrillard]] (1929–2007), [[Culture theory|cultural theorist]] and philosopher

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