Rumigny, Ardennes

Rumigny

Cour des Prés chateau

Coat of arms
Rumigny

Coordinates: 49°48′33″N 4°16′02″E / 49.8092°N 4.2672°E / 49.8092; 4.2672Coordinates: 49°48′33″N 4°16′02″E / 49.8092°N 4.2672°E / 49.8092; 4.2672
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Charleville-Mézières
Canton Rumigny
Intercommunality Thiérache Ardennaise
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Paul Brogniet
Area1 17.38 km2 (6.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 377
  Density 22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 08373 / 08290

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.

Rumigny is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region in northern France.

It lies near Rozoy-en-Thièrache, 12 km (7.5 mi) from Mon Idée on the border with Belgium, at the junction of routes D877 and D977.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962503    
1968522+3.8%
1975472−9.6%
1982440−6.8%
1990378−14.1%
1999368−2.6%
2008377+2.4%

Personalities

Rumigny was the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.

See also

References

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