Arrondissement of Rethel

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

It is in the southwest of the department with an area of , the second smallest _arrondissement_ of the department. It has 37,142 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Rethel is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Charleville-Mézières, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Vouziers, to the south by the Marne department and to the west by the Aisne department.

### 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_.

The cantons in the _arrondissement_ of Rethel are (with their INSEE codes):
1. Château-Porcien <small>(0808)</small>
1. Rethel <small>(0811)</small>
1. Signy-l'Abbaye <small>(0817)</small> (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Rethel has 101 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Acy-Romance <small>(08001)</small>
1. Aire <small>(08004)</small>
1. Alincourt <small>(08005)</small>
1. Amagne <small>(08008)</small>
1. Ambly-Fleury <small>(08010)</small>
1. Annelles <small>(08014)</small>
1. Arnicourt <small>(08021)</small>
1. Asfeld <small>(08024)</small>
1. Auboncourt-Vauzelles <small>(08027)</small>
1. Aussonce <small>(08032)</small>
1. Avançon <small>(08038)</small>
1. Avaux <small>(08039)</small>
1. Balham <small>(08044)</small>
1. Banogne-Recouvrance <small>(08046)</small>
1. Barby <small>(08048)</small>
1. Bergnicourt <small>(08060)</small>
1. Bertoncourt <small>(08062)</small>
1. Biermes <small>(08064)</small>
1. Bignicourt <small>(08066)</small>
1. Blanzy-la-Salonnaise <small>(08070)</small>
1. Brienne-sur-Aisne <small>(08084)</small>
1. Chappes <small>(08102)</small>
1. Le Châtelet-sur-Retourne <small>(08111)</small>
1. Chaumont-Porcien <small>(08113)</small>
1. Chesnois-Auboncourt <small>(08117)</small>
1. Château-Porcien <small>(08107)</small>
1. Condé-lès-Herpy <small>(08126)</small>
1. Corny-Machéroménil <small>(08132)</small>
1. Coucy <small>(08133)</small>
1. Doumely-Bégny <small>(08143)</small>
1. Doux <small>(08144)</small>
1. Draize <small>(08146)</small>
1. Écly <small>(08150)</small>
1. Faissault <small>(08163)</small>
1. Faux <small>(08165)</small>
1. Fraillicourt <small>(08178)</small>
1. Givron <small>(08192)</small>
1. Gomont <small>(08195)</small>
1. Grandchamp <small>(08196)</small>
1. Hagnicourt <small>(08205)</small>
1. Hannogne-Saint-Rémy <small>(08210)</small>
1. Hauteville <small>(08219)</small>
1. Herpy-l'Arlésienne <small>(08225)</small>
1. Houdilcourt <small>(08229)</small>
1. Inaumont <small>(08234)</small>
1. Juniville <small>(08239)</small>
1. Justine-Herbigny <small>(08240)</small>
1. L'Écaille <small>(08148)</small>
1. La Neuville-en-Tourne-à-Fuy <small>(08320)</small>
1. La Neuville-lès-Wasigny <small>(08323)</small>
1. La Romagne <small>(08369)</small>
1. Le Thour <small>(08451)</small>
1. Lucquy <small>(08262)</small>
1. Mesmont <small>(08288)</small>
1. Mont-Laurent <small>(08306)</small>
1. Montmeillant <small>(08307)</small>
1. Ménil-Annelles <small>(08286)</small>
1. Ménil-Lépinois <small>(08287)</small>
1. Nanteuil-sur-Aisne <small>(08313)</small>
1. Neuflize <small>(08314)</small>
1. Neuvizy <small>(08324)</small>
1. Novion-Porcien <small>(08329)</small>
1. Novy-Chevrières <small>(08330)</small>
1. Perthes <small>(08339)</small>
1. Poilcourt-Sydney <small>(08340)</small>
1. Puiseux <small>(08348)</small>
1. Remaucourt <small>(08356)</small>
1. Renneville <small>(08360)</small>
1. Rethel <small>(08362)</small>
1. Rocquigny <small>(08366)</small>
1. Roizy <small>(08368)</small>
1. Rubigny <small>(08372)</small>
1. Saint-Fergeux <small>(08380)</small>
1. Saint-Germainmont <small>(08381)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-aux-Bois <small>(08382)</small>
1. Saint-Loup-en-Champagne <small>(08386)</small>
1. Saint-Quentin-le-Petit <small>(08396)</small>
1. Saint-Remy-le-Petit <small>(08397)</small>
1. Saulces-Monclin <small>(08402)</small>
1. Sault-Saint-Remy <small>(08404)</small>
1. Sault-lès-Rethel <small>(08403)</small>
1. Seraincourt <small>(08413)</small>
1. Sery <small>(08415)</small>
1. Seuil <small>(08416)</small>
1. Son <small>(08426)</small>
1. Sorbon <small>(08427)</small>
1. Sorcy-Bauthémont <small>(08428)</small>
1. Sévigny-Waleppe <small>(08418)</small>
1. Tagnon <small>(08435)</small>
1. Taizy <small>(08438)</small>
1. Thugny-Trugny <small>(08452)</small>
1. Vaux-Montreuil <small>(08467)</small>
1. Vaux-lès-Rubigny <small>(08465)</small>
1. Viel-Saint-Remy <small>(08472)</small>
1. Vieux-lès-Asfeld <small>(08473)</small>
1. Ville-sur-Retourne <small>(08484)</small>
1. Villers-devant-le-Thour <small>(08476)</small>
1. Villers-le-Tourneur <small>(08479)</small>
1. Wagnon <small>(08496)</small>
1. Wasigny <small>(08499)</small>
1. Wignicourt <small>(08500)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|08362|Rethel|7,778|Rethel|Pays Rethélois|
|08403|Sault-lès-Rethel|1,940|Rethel|Pays Rethélois|
|08107|Château-Porcien|1,424|Château-Porcien|Pays Rethélois|
|08239|Juniville|1,206|Château-Porcien|Pays Rethélois|
|08024|Asfeld|1,118|Château-Porcien|Pays Rethélois|
|08435|Tagnon|879|Château-Porcien|Pays Rethélois|
|08381|Saint-Germainmont|835|Château-Porcien|Pays Rethélois|
|08314|Neuflize|767|Château-Porcien|Pays Rethélois|
|08111|Le Châtelet-sur-Retourne|765|Château-Porcien|Pays Rethélois|
|08402|Saulces-Monclin|739|Signy-l'Abbaye|Les Crêtes Préardennaises|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Rethel
- **insee**: 082
- **nbcomm**: 101
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Rethel
- **area**: 1199.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Rethel 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est