Rethel

Rethel
Rethel
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Rethel
Administration
Country	France
Region	Champagne-Ardenne
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Rethel
Mayor	Guy Deramaix (2008–2014)
Statistics
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.

Rethel (French pronunciation: [ʁə.tɛl]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Population

Historical population of Rethel

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1866
Population	4512	4985	5551	5351	6585	6771	7184	7581	7498	7400

Year	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906	1911	1921
Population	7086	7415	7403	7432	7136	6742	6434	5708	5187	4813

Year	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990
Population	5940	5428	5662	4718	5686	7359	7804	8361	8339	7923

Year	1999	2008
Population	8052	7740

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Personalities

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

• 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

References

• INSEE