Dizy, Marne

Dizy
Commune
St-Timothée Church
Coat of arms
Location of Dizy
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Coordinates: 49°03′58″N3°58′02″E / 49.0661°N 3.9672°E / 49.0661; 3.9672
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Épernay
Canton	Épernay-1
Intercommunality	Grande Vallée de la Marne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Antoine Chiquet [1]
Area 1	3.23 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	1,485
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	51210 /51350
Elevation	69–250 m (226–820 ft) (avg. 72 m or 236 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dizy (French pronunciation: [dizi] ) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Geography

Dizy is situated in the Marne valley, on the main road between Épernay (3 km) and Reims (23 km).

The village is north of Magenta, south of Champillon, east of Hautvillers and west of Ay.

History

The place is first mentioned in 662 as Villa Disiacum perhaps owing to the roman surname -Decius.

In 1881, the commune which was called Dizy until 1801, then Dizy-sur-Marne, took the name of Dizy-Magenta. In 1965, when Magenta became independent, the village took again the name of Dizy. ^[3]

Demographics

The inhabitants of the commune are called Dizyciens.

Twin towns

Dizy is twinned with:

• Sommerach, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Marne department
• Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Dizy , EHESS (in French).