Ardennes | |
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Prefecture building of the Ardennes department, in Charleville-Mézières | |
![]() 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[1] (LR) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,229 km2 (2,019 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 268,859 |
• Rank | 80th |
• Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Demonym | Ardennais or Ardennaises[3] |
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.[4] The inhabitants of the department are known as Ardennais or Ardennaises.[3]