Fumay () is a commune in the

Ardennes The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...

department in northern France, very close to the

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border. The engineer Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey was born in Fumay.

Geography

It is situated in the

Meuse The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a ...

valley, the main part of the town being surrounded by a large meander of the river. FumayFromAbove

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Fumay is sometimes known as "The City of Slate" (''La Cité de l'Ardoise'') due to the

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

mining which brought prosperity to the town in the nineteenth century. The last slate mine was closed in 1971. FumayAcrossRiver

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See also