Bazeilles
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Commune of Bazeilles |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
Department | Ardennes |
Arrondissement | Sedan |
Canton | Sedan-Est |
Mayor | Pierre Sulfourt (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 152 m–238 m (avg. 156 m) |
Land area¹ | 9.38 km² |
Population² (1999) |
1,879 |
- Density | 200/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 08053/ 08140 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bazeilles is a commune in the French Ardennes department near Sedan.
During the 1870 Franco-Prussian war, Bazeilles was the site of the Battle of Bazeilles, one of the first occasions of modern urban warfare.