Carignan | |
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 The church in Carignan | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Carignan | |
  Carignan  Carignan | |
| Coordinates:49°38′00″N5°10′07″E / 49.6333°N 5.1686°E /49.6333; 5.1686 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Sedan |
| Canton | Carignan |
| Intercommunality | Portes du Luxembourg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | Gilbert Lordier[1] |
Area 1 | 14.01 km2 (5.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,680 |
| • Density | 191/km2 (495/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08090 /08110 |
| Elevation | 161–293 m (528–961 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Carignan (French pronunciation:[kaʁiɲɑ̃]ⓘ) is acommune in theArdennesdepartment in northernFrance. It is the seat of acanton. It was known as Yvoy or Yvois until 1662.
Carignan was, under the nameEpoissium,Eposium,Epusum orIvosium, a military settlement of theRomans.Gaugericus,bishop of Cambrai, was born in Eposium around 550. A little later it was the home of astylite ascetic namedWulflaich.
AsYvois, it was part of theBurgundian Netherlands in the 15th century. It changed hands between theHabsburg Netherlands andFrance several times, until it was assigned to France by the 1659Treaty of the Pyrenees. The town was given as a duchy toPrince Eugène-Maurice of Savoy-Carignan, and renamedCarignan in 1662.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,674 | — |
| 1975 | 3,724 | +0.19% |
| 1982 | 3,646 | −0.30% |
| 1990 | 3,359 | −1.02% |
| 1999 | 3,259 | −0.34% |
| 2007 | 3,178 | −0.31% |
| 2012 | 2,987 | −1.23% |
| 2017 | 2,885 | −0.69% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Carignan istwinned with:
Weinsberg, Germany
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