Ardennes (department)

Ardennes
Ardennes
Department
	Prefecture building of the Ardennes department, in Charleville-Mézières
	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 (2021)
• Total	268,859
• Rank	80th
• Density	51/km2 (130/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.^[4] The inhabitants of the department are known as Ardennais or Ardennaises.^[3]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes - Habitants". www.habitants.fr.
^ Populations légales 2019: 08 Ardennes, INSEE

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[Inhabitants_of_Ardennes-3] "Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes - Habitants". www.habitants.fr.

[pop2019-4] Populations légales 2019: 08 Ardennes, INSEE

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Ardennes
Department
Prefecture building of the Ardennes department, in Charleville-Mézières
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Ardennes in France
Coordinates: 49°30′N 4°40′E / 49.500°N 4.667°E / 49.500; 4.667
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Prefecture	Charleville-Mézières
Subprefectures	Rethel Sedan Vouziers
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Noël Bourgeois^[1] (LR)
Area ¹
• 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