Ardennes (department)
Ardennes | |
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Prefecture building of the Ardennes department, in Charleville-Mézières | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Ardennes in France | |
| Coordinates: 49°30′N 4°40′E / 49.500°N 4.667°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Prefecture | Charleville-Mézières |
| Subprefectures | Rethel Sedan Vouziers |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Noël Bourgeois (LR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,229 km2 (2,019 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 265,893 |
| • Rank | 80th |
| • Density | 50.85/km2 (131.7/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ardennais or Ardennaises |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-08 |
| Department number | 08 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 19 |
| Communes | 449 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Ardennes (French: [aʁdɛn] ⓘ) is a department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France named after the broader Ardennes. Its prefecture is the town Charleville-Mézières. The department has 270,582 inhabitants. The inhabitants of the department are known as Ardennais or Ardennaises.