Montcornet (Ardennes)

Montcornet
region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Charleville-Mezieres
Canton	Bogny-sur-Meuse
Community association	Vallées and Plateau d'Ardenne
Coordinates	49 ° 50 ′ N , 4 ° 38 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ N , 4 ° 38 ′ E
height	175–358 m
surface	11.51 km 2
Residents	297 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	08090
INSEE code	08297
	; Town Hall (Mairie) of Montcornet

Montcornet is a French commune with 297 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 Bogny-sur-Meuse (until 2015: canton Renwez ).

geography

Montcornet is about nine kilometers north-west of Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes forest. Montcornet is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Renwez in the north and west, Sécheval in the northeast, Damouzy in the east and southeast, Arreux in the south and Cliron in the south and southwest.

history

On September 1, 1973, the previous municipalities of Montcornet and Cliron formed the new municipality of Montcornet-en-Ardenne . On January 1, 1989, these were dissolved and the previous communities rebuilt.