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Arrondissement of Sedan
Arrondissement of France
Location of the arrondissement Sedan in Ardennes
Location of the arrondissement Sedan in Ardennes
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Ardennes
Communes 73
Prefecture Sedan
INSEE code 083
Area
 • Total 792.2 km2 (305.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total 59,584
 • Density 75.213/km2 (194.802/sq mi)

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.

It is the most eastern of the arrondissements of the department and has an area of 792.2 km2 (305.9 sq mi), the smallest arrondissement of the department. It has 59,584 inhabitants and a density of 75.2 inhabitants/km².

History

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

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

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, 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):

  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		 Commune Population
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
08409 Sedan 17,829 Sedan-1, Sedan-2,
Sedan-3		 CA Ardenne Métropole
08491 Vrigne-aux-Bois 3,305 Sedan-1 CA Ardenne Métropole
08090 Carignan 2,954 Carignan Les Portes du Luxembourg
08174 Floing 2,487 Sedan-2 CA Ardenne Métropole
08311 Mouzon 2,350 Carignan Les Portes du Luxembourg
08142 Donchery 2,214 Sedan-1 CA Ardenne Métropole
08145 Douzy 2,132 Carignan Les Portes du Luxembourg
08053 Bazeilles 2,048 Sedan-3 CA Ardenne Métropole
08043 Balan 1,602 Sedan-3 CA Ardenne Métropole
08067 Blagny 1,218 Carignan Les Portes du Luxembourg
08343 Pouru-Saint-Remy 1,203 Sedan-3 CA Ardenne Métropole

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