Rethel
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Ardennes | |
Arrondissement | Rethel | |
Canton | Rethel | |
Community association | Pays Rethélois | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 31 ' N , 4 ° 22' E | |
height | 67-146 m | |
surface | 18.58 km 2 | |
Residents | 7,592 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 409 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 08300 | |
INSEE code | 08362 | |
town hall |
Rethel is a French commune with 7592 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in north-eastern France.
geography
Rethel is located on the Aisne River and the parallel Canal des Ardennes . The Saulces river , which runs largely underground in the urban area, flows into the Aisne here. The city also has a TGV stop on the Paris - Sedan route , a branch of the LGV Est européenne . The Eifel-Ardennes Green Road begins in Rethel .
history
Rethel was already the capital of a county in the 11th century, which was elevated to a peerage in 1405 and a duchy of Rethel in 1581 , whose title was given in 1633 by Jules Mazarin .
On December 15, 1650, the Battle of Rethel took place nearby .
Victor Hugo wrote about the place in his work Der Rhein in 1836 :
"Rethel se répand gracieusement du haut d'une colline jusque sur la rivière d'Aisne."
"Rethel spreads gracefully from the height of a hill down to the Aisne."
The Aisne or its crossing was the cause of battles in 1411, 1543, 1650, 1814, 1870 ( Battle of Sedan ), September 1914 and June 1940 .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
Residents | 7359 | 7804 | 8361 | 8339 | 7923 | 8052 | 7793 | 7662 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
Typical of Rethel are the imposing town hall, the large hospital and the relatively large, Catholic church, to which the Collège Sorbon (French grammar school) is nestled. The schoolyard borders the walls of the church.
Personalities
Rethel is the birthplace of:
- Jean-Charles de Coucy (1746–1824), Archbishop of Reims
- Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788–1868), geologist and antiquarian
- Louis Christophe François Hachette (1800–1864), publisher
- Marcel Kienné de Mongeot (1897–1977), entrepreneur and journalist
- Thomas Le Seur (1703–1770), mathematician
- Maurice Maillot , film actor
- Charles Constant Noblet
In Rethel lived:
- Théodore Karcher
- Benjamin Lemaire (* 1985), photographer, director, film producer and author
- Louis Jouvet (1887–1951), actor, director, theater director and acting teacher
The Palatinate Prince Philip of the Palatinate (1627–1650) died in Rethel. The German freedom fighter Friedrich Friesen (1784–1814) was slain in 1814 in La Lobbe , which is now part of Rethel . Also in 1814, the French general and politician Edmond Dubois-Crancé (1746–1814) died in Rethel . Hans Erlwein (1872–1914), German architect, died in a car accident near Rethel during the First World War . The German socialist and trade unionist Friedrich Westmeyer (1873-1917) died in a military hospital in the city.
Town twinning
- Bitburg (since 1965)
There is a student exchange with the German high schools Nordhorn and Neubiberg .
Web links
- Information about Rethel (French)