Daigny

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Daigny
Daigny coat of arms
Daigny (France)
Daigny
region Grand Est
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Sedan
Canton Sedan-3
Community association Ardenne metropolis
Coordinates 49 ° 42 '  N , 5 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '  N , 5 ° 0'  E
height 170-285 m
surface 2.85 km 2
Residents 349 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 122 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 08140
INSEE code 08136

Daigny is a French commune. It is located in the Arrondissement of Sedan in the Ardennes department and from 1560 to 1642 it was part of the then Principality of Sedan in the Ardennes .

Daigny station building of the former Sedan – Corbion narrow-gauge railway

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 347 371 367 361 384 352 355 350
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

These numbers have been recorded since 1793, at that time the place had 386 residents, the peak was reached in 1881 with 610 and has fallen continuously since then.

Monuments

War memorial for 1939–1945 on the main square, depicting a wheeled tank

Personalities

Jean-François Clouet (1757–1801), chemist and metallurgist, who built up a metal industry in the town at the time of the French Revolution .

Web links

Commons : Daigny  - collection of images, videos and audio files