Carignan, Ardennes
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 49°38′00″N 5°10′07″E / 49.6333°N 5.1686°ECoordinates: 49°38′00″N 5°10′07″E / 49.6333°N 5.1686°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Sedan | |
| Canton | Carignan | |
| Intercommunality | Trois Cantons | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Denis Lourdelet | |
| Area1 | 14.01 km2 (5.41 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 3,156 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (580/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08090 / 08110 | |
| Elevation | 161–293 m (528–961 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Carignan is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is the seat of a canton.
Carignan was, under the name Epoissium, Eposium, Epusum or Ivosium, a military settlement of the Romans. Gaugericus, bishop of Cambrai, was born in Eposium around 550. As Yvois, it was part of the Duchy of Burgundy in the 15th century. It changed hands between the Habsburg Netherlands and France several times, until it was assigned to France by the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees. The town was given as a lordship to Prince Eugène-Maurice of Savoy-Carignan, and renamed Carignan in 1662.
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