Mouzon () is a
commune in the
Ardennes department in northern
France
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. It is situated on the river
Meuse
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. On 1 January 2016, the former commune
Amblimont
Amblimont () is a former commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune Mouzon.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Amblimontais'' or ''Amblimontaises''
Geography
Amblimont i ...
was merged into Mouzon.
[Arrêté préfectoral]
14 December 2015
Population
The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Mouzon proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Mouzon absorbed the former commune of Villemontry in 1965,
[ and Amblimont in 2016.][
]
Notable people
*Eugène Charles Miroy
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Miroy was the Curate ...
(1828-1871), executed French Catholic priest
* Raymond Sommer (1906–1950), racing driver
See also
* Communes of the Ardennes department
* Concordat of Worms
References
Communes of Ardennes (department)
Communes nouvelles of Ardennes
Ardennes communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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