Carignan, Ardennes

Carignan
Coat of arms
Carignan
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region Carignan
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Sedan
Canton	Carignan
Intercommunality	Trois Cantons
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denis Lourdelet
Area1	14.01 km2 (5.41 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	3,156
• Density	230/km2 (580/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Carignan is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is the seat of a canton.

History

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.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns – Sister cities

Carignan is twinned with:

• Weinsberg, Germany

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,373	—
1800	1,313	−4.4%
1806	1,394	+6.2%
1821	1,468	+5.3%
1831	1,382	−5.9%
1836	1,673	+21.1%
1841	1,792	+7.1%
1846	1,812	+1.1%
1851	1,839	+1.5%
1866	2,051	+11.5%
1872	2,089	+1.9%
1876	2,113	+1.1%
1881	2,098	−0.7%
1886	2,149	+2.4%
1891	2,123	−1.2%
1896	2,224	+4.8%
1901	2,164	−2.7%
1906	2,134	−1.4%
1911	2,216	+3.8%
1921	1,987	−10.3%
1926	2,257	+13.6%
1931	2,338	+3.6%
1936	2,472	+5.7%
1946	1,712	−30.7%
1954	2,720	+58.9%
1962	3,403	+25.1%
1968	3,674	+8.0%
1975	3,724	+1.4%
1982	3,646	−2.1%
1990	3,359	−7.9%
1999	3,259	−3.0%
2008	3,156	−3.2%

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

References

• INSEE