Les Hautes-Rivières
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Charlesville-Mezieres | |
| Canton | Bogny-sur-Meuse | |
| Community association | Vallées and Plateau d'Ardenne | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 53 ' N , 4 ° 51' E | |
| height | 157-504 m | |
| surface | 31.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,482 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 08800 | |
| INSEE code | 08218 | |
| Website | www.leshautesrivieres.com | |
_mairie.JPG) Town hall (Mairie) of Les Hautes-Rivières |
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Les Hautes-Rivières (Walloon: Les Rivires ) is a French commune with 1,482 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Charlesville-Mézières and the canton of Bogny-sur-Meuse (until 2015: canton of Monthermé ).
geography
Les Hautes-Rivières is on the border with Belgium on the Semois in the Ardennes . Les Hautes-Rivières is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gedinne (Belgium) in the north and northeast, Vresse-sur-Semois (Belgium) in the east, Gespunsart in the south and Thilay in the west.
history
Before the First World War, the name of the municipality was Trigne .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1,990 | 2,091 | 2,320 | 2,354 | 2,077 | 1,949 | 1,781 | 1,587 |
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Attractions
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- Churches in Les Hautes-Rivières and Linchamps
- town hall
- Wash houses
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Web links
Commons : Les Hautes-Rivières - Collection of images, videos and audio files
