프랑스 Reims

가장 발음이 어렵다는 "r" . 영어로는 "레임즈" 되지만, 불어로는 ... 아니죠.
"헤임즈"? ... 프랑스 사람들이 못 알아듯더군요.^^

파리 동역에서 TGV로는 40분, 일반 열차로는 두 시간 내에 도착할 수 있는 지역.
탄산와인인 샴페인이 이 지역에서 생산되고 이 지역의 이름을 딴 것이며, 랭스는 샴페인 지역의 비공식 주도이기도 합니다. 프랑스 국왕이 레임즈의 성당에서 왕관을 수여받곤 했습니다.

HowtogettoReims.pdf

랭스 가는 방법(PDF)

Reims (alternative English spelling Rheims; pronounced /ʀɛ̃s/ in French) is a city of the Champagne-Ardenne région of northern France, standing 144 km (89 miles) east-northeast of Paris. It was originally founded during the period of the Roman Empire.

Reims played a very important role in French history, as it was the place where the kings of France were crowned. The most famous and cherished of these events was the coronation of Charles VII in the company of Joan of Arc. Thus, the Cathedral of Reims (damaged by the Germans during the First World War but restored since) played the same role in France as Westminster Abbey did in England. It was there that was kept the Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) containing the Saint Chrême (chrism), which was said to have been brought by a white dove (the Holy Spirit) at the baptism of Clovis in 496, and was used for the anointing, the most important part of the coronation of French kings.

Reims is often considered the capital of Champagne, an old province of France, world-famous for its sparkling wine (Champagne). Today however, Reims is merely the largest city in the region.

At the 1999 census, there were 187,206 inhabitants (Rémoises (feminine) and Rémois) in the city of Reims proper (the commune), while there were 291,735 inhabitants in the whole metropolitan area (aire urbaine).

위키피디아 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reims