The arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissem ...

of France in the

Ardennes The Ardennes ( ; ; ; ; ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France. Geological ...

department in the

Grand Est Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

. It has 157 communes. Its population is 153,985 (2021), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières, and their

INSEE code The INSEE code ( ) is a numerical indexing code used by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (France), French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including c ...

s, are: # Aiglemont (08003) # Anchamps (08011) # Antheny (08015) # Aouste (08016) # Arreux (08022) # Aubigny-les-Pothées (08026) # Aubrives (08028) #

Auge In Greek mythology, Auge (; ; Modern Greek: "av-YEE"), was the daughter of Aleus the king of Tegea in Arcadia, and the virgin priestess of Athena Alea. She was also the mother of the hero Telephus by Heracles. Auge had sex with Heracles (ei ...

(08030) # Auvillers-les-Forges (08037) # Les Ayvelles (08040) # Baâlons (08041) # Barbaise (08047) # Belval (08058) # Blanchefosse-et-Bay (08069) # Blombay (08071) # Bogny-sur-Meuse (08081) # Bossus-lès-Rumigny (08073) # Boulzicourt (08076) #

Bourg-Fidèle Bourg-Fidèle () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list of the 447 communes of the Ardennes department of France France, offi ...

(08078) # Bouvellemont (08080) # Brognon (08087) # Cernion (08094) # Chagny (08095) # Chalandry-Elaire (08096) # Champigneul-sur-Vence (08099) # Champlin (08100) #

Charleville-Mézières Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France and the prefecture of the Ardennes department, in the Grand Est region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse. History Charleville and Mézières were ori ...

(08105) # Charnois (08106) # Le Châtelet-sur-Sormonne (08110) # Chilly (08121) # Chooze (08122) # Clavy-Warby (08124) # Cliron (08125) # Damouzy (08137) # Deville (08139) #

Dom-le-Mesnil Dom-le-Mesnil () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list of the 447 communes of the Ardennes department of France France, offi ...

(08140) # Dommery (08141) # L'Échelle (08149) # Estrebay (08154) # Étalle (08155) # Éteignières (08156) # Étrépigny (08158) # Évigny (08160) # Fagnon (08162) # Fépin (08166) # La Férée (08167) # Flaignes-Havys (08169) # Fligny (08172) # Flize (08173) # Foisches (08175) # La Francheville (08180) # Le Fréty (08182) # Fromelennes (08183) # Fumay (08185) # Gernelle (08187) # Gespunsart (08188) # Girondelle (08189) # Givet (08190) # La Grandville (08199) # Gruyères (08201) # Gué-d'Hossus (08202) # Guignicourt-sur-Vence (08203) # Ham-les-Moines (08206) # Ham-sur-Meuse (08207) # Hannappes (08208) # Hannogne-Saint-Martin (08209) # Harcy (08212) # Hargnies (08214) # Haudrecy (08216) # Haulmé (08217) # Les Hautes-Rivières (08218) # Haybes (08222) # Hierges (08226) # La Horgne (08228) # Houldizy (08230) # Issancourt-et-Rumel (08235) # Jandun (08236) #

Joigny-sur-Meuse Joigny-sur-Meuse (, literally ''Joigny on Meuse'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Ardennes (department), Ardennes Departments of France, department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department Refer ...

(08237) # Laifour (08242) # Lalobbe (08243) # Landrichamps (08247) # Launois-sur-Vence (08248) # Laval-Morency (08249) # Lépron-les-Vallées (08251) # Liart (08254) # Logny-Bogny (08257) # Lonny (08260) # Lumes (08263) # Maranwez (08272) # Marby (08273) # Marlemont (08277) # Maubert-Fontaine (08282) # Mazerny (08283) # Les Mazures (08284) # Mondigny (08295) # Montcornet (08297) # Montcy-Notre-Dame (08298) # Monthermé (08302) # Montigny-sur-Meuse (08304) # Montigny-sur-Vence (08305) # Murtin-et-Bogny (08312) # Neufmaison (08315) # Neufmanil (08316) # La Neuville-aux-Joûtes (08318) # Neuville-lès-This (08322) # Neuville-lez-Beaulieu (08319) # Nouvion-sur-Meuse (08327) # Nouzonville (08328) # Omicourt (08334) # Omont (08335) # Poix-Terron (08341) # Prez (08344) # Prix-lès-Mézières (08346) # Raillicourt (08352) # Rancennes (08353) # Regniowez (08355) # Remilly-les-Pothées (08358) # Renwez (08361) # Revin (08363) # Rimogne (08365) #

Rocroi Rocroi () is a Communes of France, commune in the Ardennes (département), Ardennes Departments of France, department in northern France. The central area is a notable surviving example of a bastion fort. Population History Rocroi was forti ...

(08367) # Rouvroy-sur-Audry (08370) # Rumigny (08373) # Saint-Laurent (08385) # Saint-Marceau (08388) # Saint-Marcel (08389) # Saint-Pierre-sur-Vence (08395) # Sapogne-et-Feuchères (08400) # Sécheval (08408) # Sévigny-la-Forêt (08417) # Signy-l'Abbaye (08419) # Signy-le-Petit (08420) # Singly (08422) #

Sormonne Sormonne () is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Geography The river Sormonne, a left tributary of the Meuse The Meuse or Maas is a major European river, rising in France and flowing thr ...

(08429) # Sury (08432) # Taillette (08436) # Tarzy (08440) # Thilay (08448) # Thin-le-Moutier (08449) # This (08450) # Touligny (08454) # Tournavaux (08456) # Tournes (08457) # Tremblois-lès-Rocroi (08460) # Vaux-Villaine (08468) # Vendresse (08469) # Villers-le-Tilleul (08478) # Villers-Semeuse (08480) # Villers-sur-le-Mont (08482) # Ville-sur-Lumes (08483) # Vireux-Molhain (08486) # Vireux-Wallerand (08487) # Vivier-au-Court (08488) # Vrigne-Meuse (08492) # Warcq (08497) # Warnécourt (08498) # Yvernaumont (08503)

History

The arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières (before 1966: Mézières) was created in 1800.Historique des Ardennes
/ref> As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France () are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspect ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières were, as of January 2015: # Charleville-Centre # Charleville-La Houillère # Flize # Fumay # Givet # Mézières-Centre-Ouest # Mézières-Est # Monthermé # Nouzonville # Omont # Renwez # Revin #

# Rumigny # Signy-l'Abbaye # Signy-le-Petit # Villers-Semeuse

References

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