Mouzon, Ardennes

Mouzon
Commune
The town hall in Mouzon
Coat of arms
Location of Mouzon
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Coordinates: 49°36′00″N 5°04′00″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Sedan
Canton	Carignan
Intercommunality	Portes du Luxembourg
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Renard[1]
Area ^1	41.83 km^2 (16.15 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,234
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08311 /08210
Elevation	154–333 m (505–1,093 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mouzon (French pronunciation: [muzɔ̃]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is situated on the river Meuse. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Amblimont was merged into Mouzon.^[3]

Population

The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Mouzon proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Mouzon absorbed the former commune of Villemontry in 1965,^[4] and Amblimont in 2016.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,800 —     1800 2,152 +2.58% 1806 2,061 −0.72% 1821 2,263 +0.63% 1831 2,320 +0.25% 1836 2,528 +1.73% 1841 2,641 +0.88% 1846 2,388 −1.99% 1851 2,390 +0.02% 1866 2,288 −0.29% 1872 2,106 −1.37% 1876 1,985 −1.47% 1881 1,887 −1.01% 1886 1,846 −0.44% 1891 1,746 −1.11% 1896 1,750 +0.05% 1901 1,594 −1.85%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,726 +1.60% 1911 1,702 −0.28% 1921 1,501 −1.25% 1926 1,783 +3.50% 1931 1,753 −0.34% 1936 1,834 +0.91% 1946 1,533 −1.78% 1954 2,057 +3.74% 1962 2,582 +2.88% 1968 3,272 +4.03% 1975 3,232 −0.18% 1982 2,986 −1.12% 1990 2,637 −1.54% 1999 2,616 −0.09% 2007 2,453 −0.80% 2012 2,245 −1.76% 2017 2,305 +0.53%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (2007-2017)[5][6]

Notable people

• Eugène Charles Miroy (1828-1871), executed French Catholic priest
• Raymond Sommer (1906–1950), racing driver

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department
• Concordat of Worms

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 14 December 2015 (in French)
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mouzon, EHESS (in French).
5. Populations légales 2012, INSEE
6. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE