Sorbon

Sorbon
Coat of arms
Sorbon
Location within Grand Est region  Sorbon
Coordinates: 49°32′23″N 4°21′19″E / 49.5397°N 4.3553°E / 49.5397; 4.3553Coordinates: 49°32′23″N 4°21′19″E / 49.5397°N 4.3553°E / 49.5397; 4.3553
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Rethel
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Ronsin
Area1	14.43 km2 (5.57 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	206
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	08427 /08300
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.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sorbon is a commune of the Ardennes department in northern France.

It was the birthplace of Robert de Sorbon, (1201–1274), who was a chaplain and Confessor to King Louis IX of France, as well as the founder of the Sorbonne, the University of Paris.