Sorbon
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Ardennes | |
Arrondissement | Rethel | |
Canton | Rethel | |
Community association | Pays Rethélois | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 32 ' N , 4 ° 21' E | |
surface | 14.43 km 2 | |
Residents | 196 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 08300 | |
INSEE code | 08427 | |
Town hall ( Mairie ) of Sorbon |
Sorbon is a French commune with 196 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Champagne-Ardenne ). It belongs to the canton of Rethel in the arrondissement of Rethel as well as to the community association Pays Rethélois .
geography
Sorbon is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Corny-Machéroménil in the northeast, Novy-Chevrières and Bertoncourt in the east, by the canton capital Rethel in the southeast, Barby in the southwest, Arnicourt in the west and by the municipalities of Sery and Novion in the canton of Signy-l'Abbaye . Porcia in the north.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Residents | 203 | 210 | 211 | 216 | 224 | 216 | 205 | 195 | 191 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Benoît church
Personalities
- Robert von Sorbon (1201–1274), theologian and court chaplain, namesake of the University of Paris ( Sorbonne )
Web links
Commons : Sorbon - collection of images, videos and audio files