Reims

Reims is a city in the Grand Est region of France, lying 129 km  east-northeast of Paris. The 2013 census recorded 182,592 inhabitants  in the city of Reims proper, and 317,611 inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Its primary river, the Vesle, is a tributary of the Aisne.

Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire. Reims played a prominent ceremonial role in French monarchical history as the traditional site of the crowning of the kings of France. The Cathedral of Reims (damaged during the First World War but restored since) housed the Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) containing the Saint Chreme (chrism), allegedly brought by a white dove (the Holy Spirit) at the baptism of Clovis in 496. It was used for the anointing, the most important part of the coronation of French kings.

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