Rethel
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Commune of Rethel |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
Department | Ardennes |
Arrondissement | Rethel |
Canton | Rethel |
Mayor | Guy Deramaix (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 67 m–146 m |
Land area¹ | 18,58 km² |
Population² (1999) |
8 052 |
- Density | 433,37/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 08362/ 08300 |
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. | |
Rethel is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Rethel was the birthplace of:
- Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788-1868), geologist and antiquary
- Louis Christophe François Hachette (1800-1864), publisher.
[edit] See also
- Alfred Rethel (1816 to 1859), artist.
- L'Ardennais, an automobile manufactured in Rethel from 1901 to around 1903.
- Counts and dukes of Rethel
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