Mouzon () is a
commune in the
Ardennes
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Geological ...
department in northern
France
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. It is situated on the river
Meuse
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History
From 1301, the upper ...
. On 1 January 2016, the former commune
Amblimont 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 (1828-1871), executed French Catholic priest
* Raymond Sommer (1906–1950), racing driver
See also
*Communes of the Ardennes department
The following is a list of the 447 communes of the Ardennes department of France
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*Concordat of Worms
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References
Communes of Ardennes (department)
Communes nouvelles of Ardennes
Ardennes communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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