Rocroi
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
Department | Ardennes |
Arrondissement | Charleville-Mézières |
Canton | Rocroi |
Mayor | Michel Sobanska (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 385 m (avg.) |
Land area¹ | 50.41 km² |
Population² (1999) |
2420 |
- Density | 48/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 08367/ 08230 |
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. | |
Rocroi is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
The center was a fortified city, the walls of which are in the shape of a stylised star. The Battle of Rocroi was fought here.
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