Rumigny, Ardennes

Rumigny
Cour des Prés chateau Cour des Prés chateau
Coat of arms of Rumigny Coat of arms
Rumigny
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region Rumigny
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Charleville-Mézières
Canton	Rumigny
Intercommunality	Thiérache Ardennaise
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Paul Brogniet
Area1	17.38 km2 (6.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	377
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	08373 / 08290
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.

Rumigny is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northern France.

It lies near Rozoy-en-Thièrache, 12 km (7.5 mi) from Mon Idée on the border with Belgium, at the junction of routes D877 and D977.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	503	—
1968	522	+3.8%
1975	472	−9.6%
1982	440	−6.8%
1990	378	−14.1%
1999	368	−2.6%
2008	377	+2.4%

Personalities

Rumigny was the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

References

• INSEE