Charleville-Mézières
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Charleville-Mézières |
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| Place Ducale | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mézières |
| Intercommunality | Cœur d'Ardennes |
| Mayor | Claudine Ledoux (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 133–323 m (436–1,060 ft) (avg. 148 m or 486 ft) |
| Land area1 | 31.44 km2 (12.14 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 50,876 (2008) |
| - Density | 1,618 /km2 (4,190 /sq mi) |
| 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 49°46′19″N 4°42′58″E / 49.7719°N 4.7161°E
Charleville-Mézières (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁ.lə.vil.me.zjɛʁ]) is a commune in northern France, capital of the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.
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[edit] 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 51,000.
[edit] Population
| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1866 |
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| Population | 7240 | 7724 | 8430 | 8320 | 7773 | 8878 | 9875 | 9353 | 9162 | 11,244 |
| Year | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| Population | 12,676 | 13,759 | 16,185 | 16,906 | 17,390 | 17,805 | 18,772 | 20,702 |
| Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 |
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| Population | 22,654 | 21,689 | 22,634 | 22,708 | 22,557 | 20,193 | 22,536 | 24,668 |
| Year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 55,343 | 60,176 | 58,667 | 57,008 | 55,490 | 50,876 |
[edit] Culture
A marionette festival (French: Le festival des marionnettes) has been held there every three years since 1961. However, starting from 2011 marks its transition to a biennial event. There is also a giant marionette incorporated into a building, displaying a little show every 15 minutes when working normally.
The poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) 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.
[edit] Transportation
City buses are run by TAC, Transports de l’Agglomération de Charleville-Mézières. The Gare de Charleville-Mézières railway station offers connections to Paris (by TGV), Reims, Lille, Metz and regional destinations.
[edit] Sport
OFC Charleville represent the town at association football.
[edit] Twin towns
Nevers, France
Mantua, Italy
Dülmen, Germany
Euskirchen, Germany
Nordhausen, Germany
Iida, Japan
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official website
Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Mézières". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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