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Charleville-Mézières

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Commune of Charleville-Mézières
Location
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Coordinates 49°46′20″N, 04°43′11″E
Administration
CountryFrance
Région Champagne-Ardenne
Département 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 (1999) 1,765/km²
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).
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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.

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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 60,000.

[edit] Geography

Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.

[edit] Miscellaneous

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