Chuffilly-Roche
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Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Chuffilly-Roche | |
| Coordinates: 49°26′53″N 4°36′28″E / 49.4481°N 4.6078°ECoordinates: 49°26′53″N 4°36′28″E / 49.4481°N 4.6078°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Vouziers |
| Canton | Attigny |
| Intercommunality | Crêtes Préardennaises |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Bernard Aubry |
| Area1 | 7.67 km2 (2.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 89 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08123 / 08130 |
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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. | |
Chuffilly-Roche is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It was created, in 1828, by amalgamating the communes of Chuffilly-et-Coigny and Roche-et-Méry.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 120 | — |
| 1968 | 126 | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 116 | −7.9% |
| 1982 | 84 | −27.6% |
| 1990 | 100 | +19.0% |
| 1999 | 91 | −9.0% |
| 2008 | 89 | −2.2% |
Personalities
Arthur Rimbaud, French poet, lived for a while in Roche, where his family had a farm. He wrote several works there, notably Une saison en enfer (A Season in Hell) and Le bateau ivre (The Drunken Boat).
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