Ardennes (department)

The Ardennes department [ aʀdɛn ] is a French department of atomic number 08 It is in the northeast of the country in the Champagne- Ardenne region, and was named after the mountain range Ardennes.

Geography

The Department extends, traversed in its northern part of the Ardennes forest, on both banks of the Meuse wedge shaped into Belgium, bordered to the west of the Aisne, to the south of the department of Marne and east of the Meuse. It consists of the northern regions of the former Champagne ( Duchy of Rethel, County Porcéan, Principality of Sedan, etc.). The land belongs to the south the undulating chalk surfaces of Champagne, in the middle of the more mountainous character bearing Jurassic Argonne and in the north the rough Devonian shale plateaus of the Ardennes, which in deep valleys of the navigable, vielgewundenen Maas, the Chiers and still richly wooded and semoy are intersected. In the southwest of the Aisne and the Aire tributary flow. The 105 km long Canal des Ardennes leads along the Aisne on Rethel and Attigny east to Semuy, then through the mountain gap of Chemin le Populeux to the bar and along the same to the north to the river Meuse.

The climate is temperate, but rougher than in the other provinces of France under the same width.

Coat of arms

Description: Under a red shield with three main (2, 1) golden comb, a silver slant beams of golden fretwork is accompanied on both sides in blue. A silver breastplate with black boar is on.

Cities

The most densely populated municipalities of the department of Ardennes are:

Administrative divisions

The Ardennes department is divided into 4 arrondissements, 37 cantons and 463 communes: