Carignan, Ardennes

Carignan
Carignan
Administration
Country France
Region Champagne-Ardenne
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Sedan
Canton Carignan
Intercommunality Trois Cantons
Mayor Denis Lourdelet
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 161–293 m (528–961 ft)
Land area1 14.01 km2 (5.41 sq mi)
Population2 3,156  (2008)
 - Density 225 /km2 (580 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 08090/ 08110
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Carignan is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is the seat of a canton.

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History

Carignan was, under the name Epoissium, Eposium, Epusum or Ivosium, a military settlement of the Romans. Gaugericus, bishop of Cambrai, was born in Eposium around 550. As Yvois, it was part of the Duchy of Burgundy in the 15th century. It changed hands between the Habsburg Netherlands and France several times, until it was assigned to France by the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees. The town was given as a lordship to Prince Eugène-Maurice of Savoy-Carignan, and renamed Carignan in 1662.[1]

Population

Historical population of Carignan, Ardennes
Year 1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1866
Population 1373 1313 1394 1468 1382 1673 1792 1812 1839 2051
Year 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 1911 1921
Population 2089 2113 2098 2149 2123 2224 2164 2134 2216 1987
Year 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990
Population 2257 2338 2472 1712 2720 3403 3674 3724 3646 3359
Year 1999 2008
Population 3259 3156

See also

References

  1. ^ A. Joanne, Itinéraire général de la France: Vosges et Ardennes, Hachette, 1868, p. 682.