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Charleville-Mézières

Coordinates: 49°46′20″N, 04°43′11″E

Commune of Charleville-Mézières

Location
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Coordinates 49°46′20″N, 04°43′11″E
Administration
Country France
Region Champagne-Ardenne
Department Ardennes (préfecture)
Arrondissement Charleville-Mézières
Canton Chief town of 4 cantons
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Ardennes
Mayor Claudine Ledoux
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Land area¹ 31.44 km²
Population²
(1999)
55,490
 - Density 1,765/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 08105/ 08000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Charleville-Mézières is a town and commune in northeastern France, préfecture (capital) of the Ardennes département which is itself part of the Champagne-Ardenne région. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.

History

The commune of Charleville-Mézières was created in 1966 by the administrative grouping of five former communes, which already formed a single agglomeration. These communes were: Charleville, Étion, Mézières (former préfecture), Mohon and Montcy-Saint-Pierre. Another commune, Le Theux, had already been included into Mézières in 1965. It has a population of about 60,000.

The poet Arthur Rimbaud (18541891) was born in Charleville. The Musée Rimbaud (Rimbaud museum) is located in the old water mill (Le Vieux Moulin) to the north of the town.

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