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Carignan is a commune in the Ardennes department of France, situated within the Grand Est region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Carignan and is located in the arrondissement of Sedan. The town has a population of 3,724, comprising 1,332 males and 1,553 females. Its official name is Carignan, Ivoy, and it is named after Carignano.
The commune covers an area of 14.01 square kilometers and shares borders with Blagny, Les Deux-Villes, Euilly-et-Lombut, and Matton-et-Clémency. Carignan is twinned with Weinsberg. The postal code for the area is 08110.
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Place details
- Locality
- Carignan
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,249
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Grand Est
- Department
- Ardennes
- Arrondissement
- Sedan
- Canton
- Carignan
- Intercommunality
- Portes du Luxembourg
- Mayor 2024 2026
- Gilbert Lordier
- Area
- 14.01 km (5.41 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,680
- Density
- 191/km (495/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 08090 /08110
- Elevation
- 161–293 m (528–961 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- Carignano
- Official name
- Ivoy
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Sedan
- Population
- 2680
- Area
- 14.01
- Elevation
- 187
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Vaux-lès-Mouzon
- Official website
- www.carignan-ardennes.fr
- Image
- FR-08-Carignan.JPG
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- Commons category
- Carignan (Ardennes)
- postal code
- 08110
- twinned administrative body
- Weinsberg
- topic's main category
- Category:Carignan (Ardennes)
- associated electoral district
- canton of Carignan
- male population
- 1332
- female population
- 1553
- P8168
- Michael Braun
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-24-22-07-89
- fax number
- +33-3-24-27-90-00
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Travel guide
Get around
The principal roads are Route 112, Route 223 (Chemin du Richelieu, along the Richelieu River) and the northern end of Highway 35 (becoming Boulevard Fréchette).
See
thumb|right|Maison Louis-Degneau in Carignan in 2017
Do
thumb|View of the L'Acadie River upstream from the Marie-Anne Street pedestrian bridge (Carignan). Several segments of this river are navigable.
Buy
Its main commercial areas are along Route 112, and the Faubourg Carignan shopping centre.
Go next
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Encyclopedic overview
Carignan ( French pronunciation: [kaʁiɲɑ̃] ) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is the seat of a canton. It was known as Yvoy or Yvois until 1662.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carignan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.