*Location:

   South tower & north transept belfry
   Cathédrale Notre-Dame
   Pl. du Cardinal Luçon
   Reims, Marne, France
   LL: N 49.25375, E 4.03306 (S tower)
       N 49.25408, E 4.03378 (N transept)

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Only for special occasions

*Remarks:

   Two largest bells in south tower; other
   three in west belfry of north transept.
   Fragments of other old bells (damaged
   in WW II) are in north tower.
   Bourdon "Charlotte", third largest bell
   in France, cast by Pierre Deschamps,
   is also reported as E, 244cm, 10435kg.

   F, 246cm, 10640kg, 1570, P.Deschamps
   G, 220cm,  7413kg, 1848, Bollée (Mans)
   C#, 140cm, 1529kg, 1831, Cochois (Reims)
   F,  117cm,  994kg, 1931, Armand Blanchet
   G#,  92cm,  496kg, 1823, Cochois (Reims)

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of  5 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2025

The French Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of it, and has a paragraph about the bells.

A YouTube video (14:48) of the cathedral bells and clock includes operation of the astronomical clock inside the cathedral.

Where the bass bell lies in the total sequence of output of the miscellaneous bellfoundries.
Where the second bell lies in the total sequence of output of the Bollée bellfoundry.
The three smaller bells are not indexed by maker.

This peal is not indexed by size, weight or year of completion.

Where the bass bell ranks among all great bells in Europe. 
Where the second bell ranks among all great bells in Europe. 

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Marne, including the 14-bell chime in the crossing belfry.

   This page was built from the database on 18-Aug-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/08/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/07/23