Rocroi

Rocroi (also Rocroy ) is a commune with 2422 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Ardennes department in the Champagne- Ardenne region. It belongs to the district of Charleville -Mézières, the Local Government Association, founded in 2003 Val d' Ardenne et plateau and is the capital ( chef-lieu ) of the Canton of Rocroi.

Geography

The community Rocroi, near the border of Belgium located 30 kilometers north- west of Charleville- Mézières, prefecture of the department of Ardennes.

The 50 km ² area extends from the left bank of the Meuse in the east to about the watershed in the west, passes through the catchment area of ​​the River Seine. The fortress of Rocroi lies 380 meters above the sea almost at the highest point of the municipality. North of Rocroi stems from the Maas Creek Eau Noire, southwest of the Sormonne that drains also the Meuse and west of the Oise Creek England.

Outside the fortress close to the hamlets of La Croix de Fer and Hiraumont, more districts are Le Cheval Blanc and Le Grand Hangréau in the south and Saint -Nicolas on the Maas River in the east.

Neighboring communities of Rocroi are Gué- d'Hossus and Couvin (Belgium ) in the north, Fumay in the northeast, Revin in the east, Les Mazures the southeast, Bourg- Fidele and Le Châtelet -sur- Sormonne in the south, Sévigny -la -Forêt in the southwest and Taillette in the West.

History

To be able to resist the power of Charles V., the French King Henry II Rocroi was provided with a fortress expansion. As today the commune was then located at the border, at that time the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation.

The Battle of Rocroi was before the walls south of the city in 1643 instead and was fought between the French and the Spaniards during the Thirty Years' War. Despite the majority of the Spanish troops then succeeded the Duke of Enghien, who is also known as the Grand Condé, the Spaniards to a crushing blow. Despite the French victory succeeded the Spanish in 1653 to occupy the city successfully and to keep for a period of six years. This period, a further expansion of the fortifications of Rocroi.

The famous fortress builder Vauban in 1675 to expand the city such Rocroi and protect that they received a five-pointed fortress wall in the form of a star, which was a typical rampart for its time. Vauban created two entrances to the town: in the north- east, the Porte de Bourgogne and the southwest of the Porte de France. The then French King Louis XIV envisaged that the Champagne is protected in the future against enemy troops.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Canard Henri (1824-1894), Governor of Senegal
  • Chuquet Arthur (1853-1925), historian
  • Chéri Herouard (1881-1961), Illustrator
  • Anne Pierre Nicolas de Lapisse (1773-1850), Officer
  • Jean René Moreaux (1758-1795), Officer
  • Auguste Warnier (1810-1875), politician

Swell

  • A short history of the town of Rocroi
  • Fortifications of the city
Champagne-Ardenne Arrondissement Cantons of France Postal codes in France Meuse (river) Sormonne (river) Oise (river) Henry II of France Champagne (historical province) Arthur Chuquet
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