Boulzicourt
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Ardennes | |
Arrondissement | Charleville-Mezieres | |
Canton | Nouvion-sur-Meuse | |
Community association | Crêtes Préardennaises | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 42 ′ N , 4 ° 42 ′ E | |
height | 155-311 m | |
surface | 6.65 km 2 | |
Residents | 958 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 144 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 08410 | |
INSEE code | 08076 | |
Town hall (Mairie) and post office in Boulzicourt |
Boulzicourt is a French commune with 958 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the arrondissement Charleville-Mézières and the canton Nouvion-sur-Meuse (until 2015: canton Flize ). The inhabitants are called Boulzicourtois .
geography
Boulzicourt is located about seven kilometers south-southwest of Charleville-Mézières and about 18 kilometers west-southwest of Sedan . The river Vence limits the municipality to the northwest. Boulzicourt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Pierre-sur-Vence in the north and west, Saint-Marceau in the east and northeast, Balaives-et-Butz in the south and east, Villers-sur-le-Mont in the south and southwest, Yvernaumont in the Southwest and Guignicourt-sur-Vence to the west.
The A34 autoroute runs along the north-western edge of the municipality.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 989 | 881 | 921 | 825 | 1.006 | 1.003 | 960 | 956 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Michel church from the 15th / 16th centuries century
Personalities
- René Daumal (1908–1944), writer