Ardennes | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:FR-08-Charleville6.JPG) Prefecture building of the Ardennes department, in Charleville-Mézières | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Ardennes-Position.svg) Location of Ardennes in France | |
| Coordinates: 49°30′N 4°40′E / 49.500°N 4.667°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Prefecture | Charleville-Mézières |
| Subprefectures | Rethel Sedan Vouziers |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Noël Bourgeois[1] (LR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,229 km2 (2,019 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 268,859 |
| • Rank | 80th |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ardennais or Ardennaises[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-08 |
| Department number | 08 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 19 |
| Communes | 449 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Ardennes (French: [aʁdɛn] ) is a department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France named after the broader Ardennes. Its prefecture is the town Charleville-Mézières. The department has 270,582 inhabitants.[4] The inhabitants of the department are known as Ardennais or Ardennaises.[3]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes - Habitants". www.habitants.fr.
- ^ Populations légales 2019: 08 Ardennes, INSEE