Semide

Semide

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Semide

Coordinates: 49°20′30″N 4°35′01″E / 49.3417°N 4.5835°ECoordinates: 49°20′30″N 4°35′01″E / 49.3417°N 4.5835°E
Country France
Region Champagne-Ardenne
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Vouziers
Canton Machault
Intercommunality Argonne Ardennaise
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Marc Lampson
Area1 37.04 km2 (14.30 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 213
 • Density 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 08410 / 08400
Elevation 110–204 m (361–669 ft)
(avg. 149 m or 489 ft)

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.

Semide is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northern of France.

It is located 200 km (120 mi) northeast of Paris, 40 km (25 mi) of Reims).

History

Semide has not always been what it is today. Formerly, the chalky soil gave bad harvest. This poor land, where resinous had been plant under the Second Empire provided to the sheep kine sparse grass. In the 1960s, Semide underwent a change which has modified its economy, its way of life and the landscape. Mecanisation, motorisation, clearing, fertilizer utilization and regrouping of lands mark out the intensive farming beginning dominates by cereals.

Population

The inhabitants are called Semidas.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962314—    
1968293−6.7%
1975251−14.3%
1982264+5.2%
1990258−2.3%
1999245−5.0%
2008213−13.1%

Sights

Economy

Semide main's activity is farming, predominantly cereal and sugar beet production.

See also

References

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