Pargny-sur-Saulx is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Marne

Marne

Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne...

 department in north-eastern France

France

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Pargny-sur-Saulx is known for its tiles, which are exported sometimes to Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, giving it the nickname "the city of the tiles". In addition the town is situated about 18 kilometres from Lac du Der-Chantecoq.

Names of the commune since its creation

In 1179 : Parni

In 1189 : Parneium

later : Parnenium

In 1232 : Pargneium

In 1240 : Pargny

In 1273 : Pargnei-sur-Saulx

In 1300 : Pargny

In 1397 : Parigny

In 1401 : Pargney

In 1508 : Parguy-sur-Saulx

In 1510 : Prygni

In 1546 : Perriguy

In 1571 : Parigny

In 1633 : Pargny-sur-saulx

The Church of Assomption-de-Notre-Dame

Apse and transept in a flamboyant style,with gargoyles to the south. 18th century nave.

See also

• Communes of the Marne department
• Champagne Riots
  Champagne Riots
  The Champagne Riots of 1910 and 1911 resulted from a series of problems faced by grape growers in the Champagne area of France. These included four years of disastrous crop losses, the infestation of the phylloxera louse , low income and the belief that wine merchants were using grapes from outside...
  
  
• French wine
  French wine
  French wine is produced in several regions throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles. France has the world's second-largest total vineyard area, behind Spain, and is in the position of being the world's largest wine producer...