Charleville-Mézières is a town in northeastern France, préfecture (capital) of the Ardennes département.

Contents

1 History 2 Geography 3 Miscellaneous 4 See also

History

The commune of Charleville-Mézières was created in 1966 by the administrative grouping of five former communes, which already formed a single agglomeration. These communes were: Charleville, Étion, Mézières (former préfecture), Mohon and Montcy-Saint-Pierre. Another commune, Le Theux, had already been included into Mézières in 1965.

Geography

Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.

Miscellaneous

• The poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) was born in Charleville.

See also

• Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
• Clément-Bayard