Margut

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Margut
Margut (France)
Margut
region Grand Est
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Sedan
Canton Carignan
Community association Portes du Luxembourg
Coordinates 49 ° 35 '  N , 5 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '  N , 5 ° 16'  E
height 166-350 m
surface 7.53 km 2
Residents 770 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 102 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 08370
INSEE code

Saint Walfroy Hermitage

Margut is a French commune with 770 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region . The place belongs to the Arrondissement Sedan and the canton Carignan . In addition, the community is part of the company founded in 1994 Municipalities of the Portes du Luxembourg . The residents call themselves Margutiens / Margutiennes .

geography

Margut is located on the Marche River about 27 kilometers southeast of Sedan in the east of the Ardennes department. The community consists of the village of Margut and a few individual farms.

Neighboring communities are Fromy in the north-west, Moiry in the north and north-east, Sapogne-sur-Marche in the north-east, Signy-Montlibert in the east, Bièvres in the south, Trannes in the south, La Ferté-sur-Chiers in the west and Villy in the north-west.

history

The community belonged to the Sedan district from 1793 to 1801. From 1801 to 1926 it was part of the Sedan arrondissement. After that she was assigned to the Arrondissement of Mézières from 1926 to 1942. Since 1942 again the Arrondissement Sedan. From 1793 to 1801 the place was the canton capital of the canton Margut. Since then, the municipality has been within the canton of Carignan. From 1826 to 1871 the parish Fromy belonged to Margut.

Population development

year 1793 1846 1851 1872 1901 1921 1936 1946 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 186 587 576 522 842 702 817 650 810 847 809 826 819 836 795 781
Sources: Cassini and INSEE; 1846 and 1851 with Fromy

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