Bazeilles

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Coordinates: 49°40′41″N 4°58′38″E / 49.6780555556, 4.97722222222

Commune of Bazeilles

Location
Bazeilles (France)
Bazeilles
Administration
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.
France

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.