Reims (; also spelt
Rheims; ), a city in the
Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. The 2008 census recorded 188,078 inhabitants (
Rémoises (feminine) and
Rémois (masculine)) in the city of Reims proper (the
commune), and 291,735 inhabitants in the metropolitan area (
aire urbaine).