Rethel
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Location within Champagne-Ardenne region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Rethel |
| Canton | Rethel |
| Mayor | Guy Deramaix (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 67–146 m (220–479 ft) |
| Land area1 | 18.58 km2 (7.17 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 7,740 (2008) |
| - Density | 417 /km2 (1,080 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08362/ 08300 |
| 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°30′38″N 4°22′00″E / 49.5106°N 4.3667°E
Rethel (French pronunciation: [ʁə.tɛl]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
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Population[edit]
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 4,512 | — |
| 1800 | 4,985 | +10.5% |
| 1806 | 5,551 | +11.4% |
| 1821 | 5,351 | −3.6% |
| 1831 | 6,585 | +23.1% |
| 1836 | 6,771 | +2.8% |
| 1841 | 7,184 | +6.1% |
| 1846 | 7,581 | +5.5% |
| 1851 | 7,498 | −1.1% |
| 1866 | 7,400 | −1.3% |
| 1872 | 7,086 | −4.2% |
| 1876 | 7,415 | +4.6% |
| 1881 | 7,403 | −0.2% |
| 1886 | 7,432 | +0.4% |
| 1891 | 7,136 | −4.0% |
| 1896 | 6,742 | −5.5% |
| 1901 | 6,434 | −4.6% |
| 1906 | 5,708 | −11.3% |
| 1911 | 5,187 | −9.1% |
| 1921 | 4,813 | −7.2% |
| 1926 | 5,940 | +23.4% |
| 1931 | 5,428 | −8.6% |
| 1936 | 5,662 | +4.3% |
| 1946 | 4,718 | −16.7% |
| 1954 | 5,686 | +20.5% |
| 1962 | 7,359 | +29.4% |
| 1968 | 7,804 | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 8,361 | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 8,339 | −0.3% |
| 1990 | 7,923 | −5.0% |
| 1999 | 8,052 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 7,740 | −3.9% |
Personalities[edit]
Rethel was the birthplace of:
- Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788–1868), geologist and antiquary
- Louis Christophe François Hachette (1800–1864), publisher.
See also[edit]
- Alfred Rethel (1816 to 1859), artist.
- L'Ardennais, an automobile manufactured in Rethel from 1901 to around 1903.
- Counts and dukes of Rethel
- Communes of the Ardennes department
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