Semide

French commune
nomcommune=Semide
région=Champagne-Ardenne
département=Ardennes
arrondissement=Vouziers
canton=Machault
insee=08410
cp=08400
maire=Jean-Marc Lampson
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Argonne Ardennaise
longitude=4.58347
latitude=49.341735
alt moy=149 m
alt mini=110 m
alt maxi=204 m
hectares=3 704
km²=37,04
sans=216
date-sans=2004
dens=6

Semide is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northern of France. It is located 200 km northeast of Paris, 40 km of Reims). The inhabitants are called "Semidas". Semide main's activity is farming, predominantly cereal and sugar beet production.

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.

Demography

Heritage

* St-Pierre St-Paul Church from the 12th century.
* Big Bertha : Vestige of an installation of a Langer Max (officially called 38cm SKL/45), wrongly called by usage Big Bertha.
* National graveyard from the First World War.

External links (in French)

* [http://semide08.free.fr Semide youth guild Website]
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=94018 Semide on the French National Geographic Institute WebSite]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=08410&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Semide on the national statisctics institute website]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatProximiteCoord.php?RadLat1=0.861174541801197&RadLong1=0.0799991055241882 Nearest cities]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=080410 Semide localization on a France map]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=49.3416666666667&longitude=4.58361111111111&zoom=8 Semide Maps]