Carignan (Ardennes)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Sedan | |
| Canton | Carignan | |
| Community association | Portes du Luxembourg | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 38 ' N , 5 ° 10' E | |
| height | 161-291 m | |
| surface | 14.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,885 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 206 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 08110 | |
| INSEE code | 08090 | |
 South-west side of the Notre-Dame church |
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Carignan is a French commune with 2885 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department , Grand Est region . The city has an area of 14.01 km². It is located near the Belgian border at the foot of the Ardennes and not far from Sedan (approx. 20 km away). Carignan is twin town of the German city of Weinsberg .
history
Already in Roman times there was a fortified place with the Celtic name Epossium on the area of today's Carignan , which was on the road to Augusta Treverorum (today's Trier ).
Carignan was called Yvois until 1662 . Until 1555 the city belonged to the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation , then to the Spanish Netherlands , from 1659 to France. During the Second World War , Carignan was 80 percent destroyed by French artillery in 1940 . Her German name was Ipsch .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 3403 | 3674 | 3724 | 3646 | 3359 | 3259 | 2987 | 2908 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Personalities
- Nicolas Bernard Guiot de Lacour (1771–1809), general of the infantry and cavalry
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Max Ihm : Epossium . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Col. 251.