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Commune of Charleville-Mézières |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Ardennes (préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mézières |
| Canton | Chief town of 4 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Ardennes |
| Mayor | Claudine Ledoux (2001-2008) |
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| Land area¹ | 31.44 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
55,490 |
| - Density | 1,765/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 08105/ 08000 |
| 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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Charleville-Mézières is a town and commune in northeastern France, préfecture (capital) of the Ardennes département which is itself part of the Champagne-Ardenne région. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.
History
The commune of Charleville-Mézières was created in 1966 by the administrative grouping of five former communes, which already formed a single agglomeration. These communes were: Charleville, Étion, Mézières (former préfecture), Mohon and Montcy-Saint-Pierre. Another commune, Le Theux, had already been included into Mézières in 1965. It has a population of about 60,000. The poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) was born in Charleville. The Musée Rimbaud (Rimbaud museum) is located in the old water mill (Le Vieux Moulin) to the north of the town.
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