Arrondissement of Sedan

The **arrondissement of Sedan** is an arrondissement of France in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Sedan.

It is the most eastern of the _arrondissements_ of the department and has an area of , the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department. It has 59,584 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

## History

When the Ardennes department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Sedan was part of that original department.

On 10 September 1926, the _arrondissement_ of Sedan was eliminated but in 1942 it was made again an _arrondissement_.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Sedan is bordered to the north by Belgium (Luxembourg province), to the east by the Meuse department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Vouziers and to the west by the _arrondissement_ of Charleville-Mézières.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the _arrondissements_ so they could have _communes_ that belong to different _arrondissements_.

There are 5 cantons in the _arrondissement_ of Sedan; they are (with their INSEE codes):
1. Carignan <small>(0803)</small>
1. Sedan-1 <small>(0814)</small>
1. Sedan-2 <small>(0815)</small>
1. Sedan-3 <small>(0816)</small>
1. Vouziers <small>(0819)</small> (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Sedan has 73 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Angecourt <small>(08013)</small>
1. Artaise-le-Vivier <small>(08023)</small>
1. Auflance <small>(08029)</small>
1. Autrecourt-et-Pourron <small>(08034)</small>
1. Balan <small>(08043)</small>
1. Bazeilles <small>(08053)</small>
1. Beaumont-en-Argonne <small>(08055)</small>
1. La Besace <small>(08063)</small>
1. Bièvres <small>(08065)</small>
1. Blagny <small>(08067)</small>
1. Brévilly <small>(08083)</small>
1. Bulson <small>(08088)</small>
1. Carignan <small>(08090)</small>
1. La Chapelle <small>(08101)</small>
1. Cheveuges <small>(08119)</small>
1. Chémery-Chéhéry <small>(08115)</small>
1. Daigny <small>(08136)</small>
1. Les Deux-Villes <small>(08138)</small>
1. Donchery <small>(08142)</small>
1. Douzy <small>(08145)</small>
1. Escombres-et-le-Chesnois <small>(08153)</small>
1. Euilly-et-Lombut <small>(08159)</small>
1. La Ferté-sur-Chiers <small>(08168)</small>
1. Fleigneux <small>(08170)</small>
1. Floing <small>(08174)</small>
1. Francheval <small>(08179)</small>
1. Fromy <small>(08184)</small>
1. Givonne <small>(08191)</small>
1. Glaire <small>(08194)</small>
1. Haraucourt <small>(08211)</small>
1. Herbeuval <small>(08223)</small>
1. Illy <small>(08232)</small>
1. Linay <small>(08255)</small>
1. Létanne <small>(08252)</small>
1. Maisoncelle-et-Villers <small>(08268)</small>
1. Malandry <small>(08269)</small>
1. Margny <small>(08275)</small>
1. Margut <small>(08276)</small>
1. Matton-et-Clémency <small>(08281)</small>
1. Messincourt <small>(08289)</small>
1. Mogues <small>(08291)</small>
1. Moiry <small>(08293)</small>
1. La Moncelle <small>(08294)</small>
1. Le Mont-Dieu <small>(08300)</small>
1. Mouzon <small>(08311)</small>
1. La Neuville-à-Maire <small>(08317)</small>
1. Noyers-Pont-Maugis <small>(08331)</small>
1. Osnes <small>(08336)</small>
1. Pouru-Saint-Remy <small>(08343)</small>
1. Pouru-aux-Bois <small>(08342)</small>
1. Puilly-et-Charbeaux <small>(08347)</small>
1. Pure <small>(08349)</small>
1. Raucourt-et-Flaba <small>(08354)</small>
1. Remilly-Aillicourt <small>(08357)</small>
1. Sachy <small>(08375)</small>
1. Sailly <small>(08376)</small>
1. Saint-Aignan <small>(08377)</small>
1. Saint-Menges <small>(08391)</small>
1. Sapogne-sur-Marche <small>(08399)</small>
1. Sedan <small>(08409)</small>
1. Signy-Montlibert <small>(08421)</small>
1. Stonne <small>(08430)</small>
1. Thelonne <small>(08445)</small>
1. Tremblois-lès-Carignan <small>(08459)</small>
1. Tétaigne <small>(08444)</small>
1. Vaux-lès-Mouzon <small>(08466)</small>
1. Villers-devant-Mouzon <small>(08477)</small>
1. Villers-sur-Bar <small>(08481)</small>
1. Villy <small>(08485)</small>
1. Vrigne-aux-Bois <small>(08491)</small>
1. Wadelincourt <small>(08494)</small>
1. Williers <small>(08501)</small>
1. Yoncq <small>(08502)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|08409|Sedan|17,829|Sedan-1, Sedan-2, Sedan-3 || CA Ardenne Métropole||
|08491|Vrigne-aux-Bois|3,305|Sedan-1|CA Ardenne Métropole|
|08090|Carignan|2,954|Carignan|Les Portes du Luxembourg|
|08174|Floing|2,487|Sedan-2|CA Ardenne Métropole|
|08311|Mouzon|2,350|Carignan|Les Portes du Luxembourg|
|08142|Donchery|2,214|Sedan-1|CA Ardenne Métropole|
|08145|Douzy|2,132|Carignan|Les Portes du Luxembourg|
|08053|Bazeilles|2,048|Sedan-3|CA Ardenne Métropole|
|08043|Balan|1,602|Sedan-3|CA Ardenne Métropole|
|08067|Blagny|1,218|Carignan|Les Portes du Luxembourg|
|08343|Pouru-Saint-Remy|1,203|Sedan-3|CA Ardenne Métropole|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Ardennes department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Sedan
- **insee**: 083
- **nbcomm**: 73
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Sedan, France, Sedan
- **area**: 792.2
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Sedan 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est