Regniowets

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Regniowets
Regniowez coat of arms
Regniowez (France)
Regniowets
region Grand Est
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Charleville-Mezieres
Canton Rocroi
Community association Ardennes Thiérache
Coordinates 49 ° 56 '  N , 4 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '  N , 4 ° 26'  E
surface 18.27 km 2
Residents 391 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 21 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 08230
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) of Regniowez

Regniowez is a French commune with 391 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Champagne-Ardenne ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Charleville-Mézières , the canton Rocroi and the Ardennes Thiérache municipal association .

geography

The place is in the Ardennes Regional Nature Park, founded in 2011 . Regniowez is surrounded by the neighboring communities Taillette in the east, Éteignières in the southeast and south, Neuville-lez-Beaulieu in the west and the Belgian communities Chimay in the northwest and Couvin in the northeast.

The former NATO airfield Rocroi-Regniowez Aerodrome , built in 1956, served the Royal Canadian Air Force until 1967 as an air base for the 1st Canadian Air Division stationed at Montmédy-Marville airfield .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2015
Residents 416 344 355 357 366 396 387 398
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Sainte-Trinité church
Sainte-Trinité church

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "France-Air-NATO" portal dedicated to the NATO air bases built in France during the Cold War. Retrieved December 25, 2018 (French).