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Rethel
Administration Country France Region Champagne-Ardenne Department Ardennes Arrondissement Rethel Canton Rethel Mayor Guy Deramaix
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 67–146 m (220–479 ft) Land area1 18.58 km2 (7.17 sq mi) Population2 7,740 (2008) - Density 417 /km2 (1,080 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 08362/ 08300 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. Coordinates: 49°30′38″N 4°22′00″E / 49.510556°N 4.36666666667°E
Rethel is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
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Population
Historical population of Rethel 1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1866 4512 4985 5551 5351 6585 6771 7184 7581 7498 7400 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 1911 1921 7086 7415 7403 7432 7136 6742 6434 5708 5187 4813 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 5940 5428 5662 4718 5686 7359 7804 8361 8339 7923 1999 2008 8052 7740 }}
Personalities
Rethel was the birthplace of:
- Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788–1868), geologist and antiquary
- Louis Christophe François Hachette (1800–1864), publisher.
See also
- Alfred Rethel (1816 to 1859), artist.
- L'Ardennais, an automobile manufactured in Rethel from 1901 to around 1903.
- Counts and dukes of Rethel
- Communes of the Ardennes department
References
Categories:- Communes of Ardennes
- Subprefectures in France
- Ardennes geography stubs
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