Champagne-sur-Seine: history and sights
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
The town was called Champagne until 1899, then Champagne-sur-Seine; the Schneider factory, built from 1903 by the architect Paul Friesé, shaped the town.
Anecdote
After the 1917 Russian Revolution, Russian émigrés working at the Schneider factory funded the Orthodox chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-les-Protections, built in 1938.
Around Champagne-sur-Seine
- Église Notre-Dame, 500 m away — A church listed as a historic monument in 1926.
- Chapelle orthodoxe Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-les-Protections, 900 m away — A 1938 chapel built on the heights with funds from Champagne's Russian colony, awarded the 'Architecture contemporaine remarquable' label.
- Ancienne usine Schneider (Jeumont-Schneider), 700 m away — A factory built from 1903 by Paul Friesé, which made the town's fortune.