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Ardennes (department)

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On 1 January 2006, the Ardennes population stood at 295,653 inhabitants. The population is declining in urban areas but five times less than in rural areas. The limited decline in the urban space where two-thirds of the Ardennes people live is the result of two opposite dynamics. Semi-urban communes
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From the north near Aisne and the border with Belgium, through the centre near the canton of Omont, to the south of the valley of the Meuse, the climate is considered "degraded continental" (heavy rainfall in autumn and frequent frosts in winter). The rest of the department has a "degraded oceanic"
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Despite a high birth rate (the highest rate in France in 1968), the department continues to lose population: 275,371 in 2016 due to high unemployment (hence "migration" continues). The two world wars have each time resulted in a loss of population (such as the "exodus" of 1940). There were 330,000
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The economy of the department, after previously resting on agriculture (forestry and livestock – crops are poor), has been based for over a century now on industry (now in a difficult position) and the services sector, although the proportion of the Ardennes labour force working in this sector is
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During the two world wars, for strategic reasons, the region each time became the passage for the invading armies because of the narrow width of the Meuse and its deep valley. The French military believed that the region was defended by its terrain and thick forests present in the northern of the
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The communes, however, are gaining inhabitants (the phenomenon of urban sprawl). This is explained by the search for better living in the countryside which matches the desire of many people to build a small land-holding, typically a house with land to the detriment of their proximity to their
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have gained 0.5% of inhabitants per year over the period 1999–2006 at the expense of urban centres (downtown and suburbs) which lost 0.6% per year. For thirty years the population has lagged in the main cities of Ardennes. Between 1999 and 2006, the annual decline was 0.2% for
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During the Second World War, the main effort of the German army was again focused on this area, especially on the right bank of the River Meuse, symbolized by the breakthrough at Sedan which would lead the French troops into the strategic trap the
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is not specific to the department as it is found in many other parts of France – for example in western and central-western France, Belgium, and Luxembourg where it has its usual sense – from Celtic origin – of "high", "high woods" or "forest".
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Home purchases by Belgians and Dutch people are common in the region because the prices are much lower than in their countries of residence. However, as of 2020, 3.5% of available housing in the department are second homes which is rather low.
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Cultural tourism is booming with many music festivals (Le Cabaret Vert, the Douzy'k festival, the Aymon Folk Festival) not to mention museums (such as the Museum of the Ardennes) and castles and the growing interest in industrial heritage.
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The department has a varied natural environment (the Meuse valley, the border between Belgium and France, the Ardennes plateau, forests, etc.) which attracts filmmakers and television which first began in the late 1960s and in the 1970s.
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or "temperate continental" climate (relative to an oceanic climate, the winters are colder and the summers are hotter, rainfall in the lowlands is lower and winds are of lower strength). All this stems from location, midway between the
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workplace. This highly contemporary concept favours commuting between Home and Work. This is the phenomenon of suburbanization which has become common in the whole of France from which Ardennes does not escape.
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That the major urban areas of the department are the most affected is characterized by a stagnation of the population – a population decline of up to 2% compared to 1999 in the city centres and suburbs
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Before the Poincaré decree of 10 September 1926 which removed many sub-prefectures in France, the department had five arrondissements. In addition to the four mentioned above, the fifth was that of
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The play by William Shakespeare, "As you Like It" (1599), is set in the Forest of Arden, an imagined hybrid of the Ardennes and the Arden woods near his birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
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had more than 50,000 festival-goers at the seventh festival in 2011 and this takes place every year in Charleville-Mézières making it the 7th largest festival in France by attendance. The festival
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Finally, the creation of the Natural Regional Park of Ardennes (Regional Natural Park of Ardennes) on 21 December 2011 should continue to increase this type of tourism.
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mountains or high hills that the Meuse winds through, known locally as "the valley". Flowing into the northern part of the department, it waters the main cities of
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The metal festival of Vouziers attracts about 2000 people. The Rock festival in El Mont at Aiglemont hosted more than 2,000 people in 2010. Lastly there is at
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needs to use a portion of highway in France. Improved means of land communication (TGV and A34 motorway) provides the benefit of relative proximity to Paris,
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which is half the size. The two arrondissements that occupy the northern part of the Ardennes, however, have four-fifths of the departmental population.
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propose to cross the Argonne mountains with concerts of classical music with regional and national performers. The May 2008 festival included
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After the armistice of 1940, Ardennes was declared a "forbidden zone" (actually a German settlement area) throughout the occupation by the
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and to a lesser extent that of their periphery. This was slightly mitigated by a small increase in population in other rural communes.
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are isolated from their regiment and lost, meet an old man and his two small children left alone after the exodus of the population.
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lower than the national average. At the beginning of the 19th century, the region was the largest in France for metal working using
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Every year in September, the Sedan fair is a big shopping event (2nd in the region) which attracts about 250,000 people each year.
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Winter can be as cold as inner continental lowland Europe some winters and quite often snowier, particularly near main settlements
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For more than 40 years (the first time in 1961 at the initiative of Jacques Félix) there has been in Charleville-Mézières the
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Under the intercommunality framework, Ardennes consists of an urban community organized around the city préfecture, called
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The Ardennes is composed of 452 communes which are grouped into 19 cantons and four arrondissements of varying sizes.
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Covering 5,229 square kilometres (2,019 square miles), the department was the smallest among the four contributors to
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For a long time the region was a land of legends with its rocks, rivers, lakes, and thick dark forests: for example
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does not have only two musical events. For 14 years, the village of Louvergny has staged a lyrical festival called
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In addition, the Ardennes has 33 communes that do not adhere to any Intercommunal cooperative organisation (EPCI).
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This climatic difference is particularly pronounced in the presence of frost especially in the valleys of the
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every July and every second year the Douzy'k Festival which brings between 5,000 and 7,000 people each time.
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Across lands further west and south frontal zones (affecting air and precipitation) are tempered more by the
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in early August as the heart of the Argonne campaign, with singers from different countries. More recently
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This toponym is absent from the names of communes in the department of Ardennes while those of Argonne (
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It was the only French department to have been fully occupied during that conflict, except for northern
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disparaged as flea-ridden Champagne) extended to the south-west by the small, grain-growing Porcien,
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flows through the vast near-treeless plain of Champagne chalk (historically by the landed class and
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The department does not have a uniform climate throughout its territory, especially most winters.
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to Givet along the Meuse valley) promoting weekend tourism and tourist routes (green tourism).
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In the department there are iconic landmarks that attract many visitors each year, such as the
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on 4 March 1790 under the Act of 22 December 1789. It includes part of the former provinces of
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was born in Sedan, the founder of the French university-hospital system and modern pediatrics
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A "Y" road has also been set up with the A4 Reims-Paris, the A34 (freeway), and the links to
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department and so neglected the defence of the territory. During the First World War, the
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viewed the battle from the hills overlooking Sedan. The defeat marked the end of the
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and contributed to the progress of positivism particularly in the field of history
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Département des Ardennes The Accounts of the Communes and proper fiscal groupings
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was located in a small village lost in the Ardennes Forest in May 1940 when five
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was also a sub-prefecture until 1926. In addition, the departmental seat of the
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in the snow – shallow to deep snow in winter is likely in this department.
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Place Ducale in Charleville-Mézières, prefecture of the Ardennes department.
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and the mountains mentioned by Julius Caesar in the work attributed to him:
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It is in the catchment of the Academy of Reims and the jurisdiction of the
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The department is one of the original 83 departments created during the
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A typical landscape of Champagne chalk in the south of the department.
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in the east are fringe grasslands with very distinctive upper soils.
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against the troops of the Prussian states, a coalition commanded by
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and Argonne, several principalities including those of Arches and
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data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises
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fought, and it was also near the same city that the aeroplane of
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subtracted territory from Ardennes to attach to the Netherlands:
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The Franco-German War and the occupation of Argonne (1870–1873)
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helped by the enchanter Maugis who gave his name to village of
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The President of the Departmental Council is Noël Bourgeois of
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and has fifteen communities of communes including in Sedan the
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The highest point is 504 m, on the southern slopes of the
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The Ardennes also has other well-known festivals such as the
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At Sedan the medieval festival is held every year around the
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The district is crossed in its northern part by the winding
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building of the Ardennes department, in Charleville-Mézières
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View of the Meuse valley in the north of the department at
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On 2 September 1870, Sedan was the place of surrender for
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valley where most people live and activities are focused.
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The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies
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The region serves as a backdrop for the Ardennes writer
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The largest arrondissement of the department is that of
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On 12 May 1793, the department expanded itself with the
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and parts of the continent relatively far from any sea.
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founded modern historical criticism in the 17th century
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organizes events in October in some Ardennes communes.
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which need to take the N5 to join the motorway ring of
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Forest of Argonne in October 1915 ravaged by shellfire.
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region of northeastern France named after the broader
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The Ardennes serves as the backdrop to the novel by
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meaning "high". It would have been transformed into
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Farm of Porcien in the south-west of the department.
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His father, 2651:which attracts 10,000 people, the festival of 1718: 3610: 3352:The Gallic language: grammar, texts, glossary 1894:, sub-préfecture and second city of Ardennes. 1599:The name of the department is related to the 992: 828: 3442: 3440: 3054: 2644:which brings together nearly 10,000 people. 1874:was a sub-prefecture of Ardennes until 1926. 1245:The most populous commune is the prefecture 436: 430: 414: 269: 263: 3406: 2609:Rock Festival and Territory Le Cabaret Vert 1758: 713:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 4358:States and territories established in 1790 3617: 3603: 3100:Arrondissements of the Ardennes department 2411:with several reactors including the first 1936:List of the 452 communes of the department 379:French Land Register data, which excludes 3437: 3246: 3244: 3202: 2946:(1284–1370), poet/composer and author of 2633:which have been held for over 200 years. 2339:Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes 1985:Current National Assembly Representatives 1573:) was located about five kilometres from 733:Learn how and when to remove this message 454:The department of Ardennes is bounded by 3562:) is being considered for deletion. See 3127:; notably in the name of the village of 2879: 2594: 2586: 2527: 2516: 2505: 2491: 1830: 1762: 1722: 1501: 1495:, and at the same time the birth of the 667: 3402: 3400: 3261: 3259: 3139:, éditions Bonneton, 1995, p. 9 and 10 2876:Notable people linked to the department 2786:was partly filmed in the valley of the 2760:(The country where one never arrives). 1853:Communauté de communes du Pays sedanais 1181:people at the end of the 19th century. 4335: 3241: 2966:(1201–1274), who created in Paris the 2825:(The Potatoes), produced in 1969 with 2403:, PSA Peugeot Citroën is installed at 1946:Arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières 1591:was fought partly in this department. 449: 3598: 3384: 3251:Populations légales 2019: 08 Ardennes 3135:); principal source: Jacques Duguet, 2887:was a native of Charleville-Mézières. 2430:There are direct TGV trains from the 2407:. There is also a nuclear site – the 2399:has recently installed themselves at 546:), and the north of the neighbouring 519: 396: 222:5,229 km (2,019 sq mi) 201:President of the Departmental Council 3397: 3256: 3110: 2688: 2375:, etc.). Today there are still many 1755:is located at Charleville-Mézières. 1136: 711:adding citations to reliable sources 678: 3447:How to come to Charleville-Mézières 3123:This toponym is present 5 times in 3105:Communes of the Ardennes department 3002:founded the famous publishing house 2741:), published in 1958 and for which 2383:for example) and the car industry ( 2337:). The railway with many branches ( 1769:communes of the Ardennes department 1606:which could derive from the Gallic 13: 4299:(collectivity with special status) 4288:(collectivity with special status) 2629:there are the famous festivals of 1735:and the three sub-prefectures are 1688:Arms of the department of Ardennes 1683: 1569:ended: the last fort of the line ( 1565:It is in this department that the 1515:was fought in the department, and 987: 823: 485: 14: 4369: 3566:to help reach a consensus. › 3526: 1713: 516:code and Post Code prefix is 08. 372: 3626: 3469:Catégories et types de logements 3164:, Daniel HOCHEDEZ in the review 2697:, knights on their horse called 2605:World Festival of Puppet Theatre 2062:Presidential elections 2nd round 1973:Departmental Council of Ardennes 1914: 1899: 1879: 1863: 1374: 1359: 1336: 1141: 683: 651: 635: 623: 93: 78: 68: 50: 3505: 3480: 3462: 3419: 3378: 3360: 3344: 3145: 2758:Le Pays où l'on n’arrive jamais 2568: 1930:List of territorial collectives 1789:The other two arrondissements, 1636:. It was then transformed into 1519:became the headquarters of the 28:Department in Grand Est, France 3319: 3291: 3277: 3184: 3117: 3069: 2833:, a village on the plateau of 2353:(The Ardennes Factory) became 2317:found in the department (only 1625:Commentaries on the Gallic War 1429:, and the countships from the 99:Location of Ardennes in France 1: 4348:1790 establishments in France 3551: 3178: 2855:In 2007, Marcel Trillat made 2712: 1855:which is the most important. 1460:, Mariembourg, Fagnolle, and 1240: 805: 425:. Its prefecture is the town 374: 3544:Departmental Council website 2987:Alexandre-François Desportes 2582: 2349:), and Revin. 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Ardennes (disambiguation)
Department
Prefecture building of the Ardennes department, in Charleville-Mézières
Prefecture
Flag of Ardennes
Coat of arms of Ardennes
Location of Ardennes in France
49°30′N 4°40′E / 49.500°N 4.667°E / 49.500; 4.667
Region
Grand Est
Prefecture
Charleville-Mézières
Subprefectures
Rethel
Sedan
Vouziers
President of the Departmental Council
LR
80th
Demonym
Time zone
UTC+1
CET
DST
UTC+2
CEST
ISO 3166 code
Department number
Arrondissements
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