Dizy, Marne

Commune in Grand Est, France

Location of Dizy

(2020–2026) Antoine Chiquet^[1]Area

3.23 km² (1.25 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,489 • Density460/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

51210 /51350

Elevation69–250 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

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Dizy, EHESS (in French).