Arrondissement of Sedan

The arrondissement of Sedan is an arrondissement of France in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Sedan.

Sedan
Arrondissement
Location within the region Grand Est
Location within the region Grand Est
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
No. of communes73
SubprefectureSedan
Area
792.2 km2 (305.9 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
56,476
INSEE code083

It is the most eastern of the arrondissements of the department and has an area of 792.2 square kilometres (305.9 square miles), the smallest arrondissement of the department.[2] It has 59,584 inhabitants and a density of 75.2 inhabitants/km².[3]

History

When the Ardennes department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Sedan was part of that original department.[4]

On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Sedan was eliminated but in 1942 it was made again an arrondissement.[4]

Geography

The arrondissement of Sedan is bordered to the north by Belgium (Luxembourg province), to the east by the Meuse department, to the south by the arrondissement of Vouziers and to the west by the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières.

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 5 cantons in the arrondissement of Sedan; they are (with their INSEE codes):

  1. Carignan (0803)
  2. Sedan-1 (0814)
  3. Sedan-2 (0815)
  4. Sedan-3 (0816)
  5. Vouziers (0819) (partly)

Communes

The arrondissement of Sedan has 73 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Angecourt (08013)
  2. Artaise-le-Vivier (08023)
  3. Auflance (08029)
  4. Autrecourt-et-Pourron (08034)
  5. Balan (08043)
  6. Bazeilles (08053)
  7. Beaumont-en-Argonne (08055)
  8. La Besace (08063)
  9. Bièvres (08065)
  10. Blagny (08067)
  11. Brévilly (08083)
  12. Bulson (08088)
  13. Carignan (08090)
  14. La Chapelle (08101)
  15. Cheveuges (08119)
  16. Chémery-Chéhéry (08115)
  17. Daigny (08136)
  18. Les Deux-Villes (08138)
  19. Donchery (08142)
  20. Douzy (08145)
  21. Escombres-et-le-Chesnois (08153)
  22. Euilly-et-Lombut (08159)
  23. La Ferté-sur-Chiers (08168)
  24. Fleigneux (08170)
  25. Floing (08174)
  26. Francheval (08179)
  27. Fromy (08184)
  28. Givonne (08191)
  29. Glaire (08194)
  30. Haraucourt (08211)
  31. Herbeuval (08223)
  32. Illy (08232)
  33. Linay (08255)
  34. Létanne (08252)
  35. Maisoncelle-et-Villers (08268)
  36. Malandry (08269)
  37. Margny (08275)
  38. Margut (08276)
  39. Matton-et-Clémency (08281)
  40. Messincourt (08289)
  41. Mogues (08291)
  42. Moiry (08293)
  43. La Moncelle (08294)
  44. Le Mont-Dieu (08300)
  45. Mouzon (08311)
  46. La Neuville-à-Maire (08317)
  47. Noyers-Pont-Maugis (08331)
  48. Osnes (08336)
  49. Pouru-Saint-Remy (08343)
  50. Pouru-aux-Bois (08342)
  51. Puilly-et-Charbeaux (08347)
  52. Pure (08349)
  53. Raucourt-et-Flaba (08354)
  54. Remilly-Aillicourt (08357)
  55. Sachy (08375)
  56. Sailly (08376)
  57. Saint-Aignan (08377)
  58. Saint-Menges (08391)
  59. Sapogne-sur-Marche (08399)
  60. Sedan (08409)
  61. Signy-Montlibert (08421)
  62. Stonne (08430)
  63. Thelonne (08445)
  64. Tremblois-lès-Carignan (08459)
  65. Tétaigne (08444)
  66. Vaux-lès-Mouzon (08466)
  67. Villers-devant-Mouzon (08477)
  68. Villers-sur-Bar (08481)
  69. Villy (08485)
  70. Vrigne-aux-Bois (08491)
  71. Wadelincourt (08494)
  72. Williers (08501)
  73. Yoncq (08502)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[3]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
08409Sedan17,829Sedan-1, Sedan-2,
Sedan-3		CA Ardenne Métropole
08491Vrigne-aux-Bois3,305Sedan-1CA Ardenne Métropole
08090Carignan2,954CarignanLes Portes du Luxembourg
08174Floing2,487Sedan-2CA Ardenne Métropole
08311Mouzon2,350CarignanLes Portes du Luxembourg
08142Donchery2,214Sedan-1CA Ardenne Métropole
08145Douzy2,132CarignanLes Portes du Luxembourg
08053Bazeilles2,048Sedan-3CA Ardenne Métropole
08043Balan1,602Sedan-3CA Ardenne Métropole
08067Blagny1,218CarignanLes Portes du Luxembourg
08343Pouru-Saint-Remy1,203Sedan-3CA Ardenne Métropole

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Arrondissement de Sedan (083)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  4. "Historique des Ardennes". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  5. "Décret n° 2014-203 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Ardennes" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  6. "Arrondissement de Sedan (083)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

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