Vouziers | |
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Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Ardennes |
No. of communes | 118 |
Subprefecture | Vouziers |
Area | 1,412.2 km2 (545.3 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 21,570 |
INSEE code | 084 |
The arrondissement of Vouziers is an arrondissement of France in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Vouziers.
It is in the southeast of the department with an area of 1,412.2 square kilometres (545.3 square miles), the second largest arrondissement of the department,[2] but the one with fewest people living in it with 22,050 inhabitants and a density of 15.6 inhabitants/km².[3]
When the Ardennes department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Vouziers was part of that original department.[4]
The arrondissement of Vouziers is bordered to the northwest by the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières, to the north by the arrondissement of Sedan, to the east by the Meuse department, to the south by the Marne department and to west by the arrondissement of Rethel.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are only two cantons in the arrondissement of Vouziers:
The arrondissement of Vouziers has 118 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):ː[6]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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08490 | Vouziers | 4,004 | Attigny, Vouziers | L'Argonne Ardennaise |
08025 | Attigny | 1,175 | Attigny | Les Crêtes Préardennaises |
08116 | Bairon-et-ses-Environs | 1,077 | Vouziers | L'Argonne Ardennaise |
08198 | Grandpré | 583 | Attigny | L'Argonne Ardennaise |
08264 | Machault | 511 | Attigny | L'Argonne Ardennaise |
08097 | Challerange | 476 | Attigny | L'Argonne Ardennaise |
08406 | Savigny-sur-Aisne | 373 | Attigny | L'Argonne Ardennaise |
08303 | Monthois | 371 | Attigny | L'Argonne Ardennaise |