Ay, Marne

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Coordinates: 49°03′22″N 4°00′14″E / 49.0561, 4.004

Administration
Commune of Ay Coat of arms of Ay
Location

Country	France
Region	Champagne-Ardenne
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Épernay
Canton	Ay
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Grande Vallée de la Marne
Mayor	Dominique Lévèque (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	76 m (avg.)
Land area^¹	10.43 km²
Population^² (1999)	4,315
- Density	413/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	51030/ 51160
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ay (alternative spelling: Aÿ) is a commune of the Marne département in northeastern France.

1 Wine
2 Miscellaneous
- 2.1 Twin towns
3 Births
- 3.1 Others
4 See also

[edit] Wine

Ay is most famous as a centre of the production of wine, primarily sparkling Champagne, with many prestigious houses owning vineyards in the immediate vicinity.

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Twin towns

Ay is twinned with:

[edit] Births

Ay was the birthplace of:

René Lalique (1860-1945), glass designer
Lucien Berland (1888-1962), entomologist and arachnologist

[edit] Others

Ay was linked to the Collery family. Jean Collery was senator and mayor of Ay and helped relationships with Germany after the war creating twin sister partnership. Alain Collery, his son, was conseiller general and helped the brand Champagne Collery before creating a new brand Pierre Laurain.

The Ay spirit is now in California with Arnaud Collery being an actor and comedian.