Villers-Semeuse
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mezieres | |
| Canton | Villers-Semeuse | |
| Community association | Ardenne metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 44 ′ N , 4 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 142–222 m | |
| surface | 7.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,604 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 513 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 08000 | |
| INSEE code | 08480 | |
| Website | villers-semeuse.servhome.org | |
 Saint-Pierre church |
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Villers-Semeuse is a French commune with 3604 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières . The inhabitants are called Villersois .
geography
Villers-Semeuse is a banlieue in the south-east of Charleville-Mézières and is bounded in the north and east by the Meuse (French: Meuse ). Villers-Semeuse is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Charleville-Mézières in the north and west, Saint-Laurent in the northeast, Lumes in the east, Les Ayvelles in the south and La Francheville in the southwest.
The Autoroute A34 (formerly Autoroute A203 ) and the former Route nationale 64 run through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
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| Residents | 3,389 | 3,358 | 3,193 | 3,074 | 3,595 | 3,521 | 3,230 | 3,596 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church from the 15th century, historic monument since 1972
- Fort des Ayvelles (also: Fort Dubois-Crancé ; partly in the municipality of Les Ayvelles), built in 1876
- The Villers-Semeuse-Mézières Castle was destroyed in the 1950s
Personalities
- Roger Marche (1924–1997), football player
- Jacques Fabry (1931–2012), Germanist (mythology of the 18th and 19th centuries)
- Jean-Pascal Labille (* 1961), Belgian politician (PS)
- Jean-Luc Warsmann (* 1965), politician (UMP)
- Médéric Collignon (* 1970), jazz trumpeter and composer
- Patrick Regnault (* 1974), football player
Web links
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