Champagne, Switzerland
Champagne is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Champagne is first mentioned in 885 as Campania.
In 1974, vintners in the Swiss city were ordered by the World Trade Organization to cease using "champagne" in the name of the white wine produced there since the 9th century. In a deal with the EU, the town agreed to stop using the name in 2004. Sales dropped from 110,000 bottles a year to 32,000 after the change. In April 2008, villagers voted to continue to try to use the name.
Geography
Champagne has an area, as of 2009, of 3.92 square kilometers (1.51 sq mi). Of this area, 2.02 km2 (0.78 sq mi) or 51.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.44 km2 (0.56 sq mi) or 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 9.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.0% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 35.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 34.2% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures, while 9.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
