Arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières

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

It is the most northern of the *arrondissements* of the department. It has an area of , the largest *arrondissement* of the department. It is the *arrondissement* with more people living in it, with 160,939 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

## History
When the Ardennes department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Charleville-Mézières was part of that original department, sometimes we the name of Charleville and other times with the name of Mézières until 1966 when the two *communes* of Charleville and Mézières were joined to form the *commune* of Charleville-Mézières.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Charleville-Mézières is bordered to the northwest and north by the Namur province (Belgium), to the northeast by the Luxembourg province (Belgium), to the east by the *arrondissement* of Sedan, to the southeast by the *arrondissement* of Vouziers, to the southwest by the *arrondissement* of Rethel and to the west by the Aisne department.

## Composition
### 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 11 cantons in the *arrondissement* of Charleville-Mézières; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Bogny-sur-Meuse (0802)
# Charleville-Mézières-1 (0804)
# Charleville-Mézières-2 (0805)
# Charleville-Mézières-3 (0806)
# Charleville-Mézières-4 (0807)
# Givet (0809)
# Nouvion-sur-Meuse (0810)
# Revin (0812)
# Rocroi (0813)
# Signy-l'Abbaye (0817) (partly)
# Villers-Semeuse (0818)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Charleville-Mézières has 160 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):ː

# Aiglemont (08003)
# Anchamps (08011)
# Antheny (08015)
# Aouste (08016)
# Arreux (08022)
# Aubigny-les-Pothées (08026)
# Aubrives (08028)
# Auge (08030)
# Auvillers-les-Forges (08037)
# Balaives-et-Butz (08042)
# Barbaise (08047)
# Baâlons (08041)
# Belval (08058)
# Blanchefosse-et-Bay (08069)
# Blombay (08071)
# Bogny-sur-Meuse (08081)
# Bossus-lès-Rumigny (08073)
# Boulzicourt (08076)
# Bourg-Fidèle (08078)
# Boutancourt (08079)
# Bouvellemont (08080)
# Brognon (08087)
# Cernion (08094)
# Chagny (08095)
# Chalandry-Elaire (08096)
# Champigneul-sur-Vence (08099)
# Champlin (08100)
# Charleville-Mézières (08105)
# Charnois (08106)
# Chilly (08121)
# Chooze (08122)
# Clavy-Warby (08124)
# Cliron (08125)
# Damouzy (08137)
# Deville (08139)
# Dom-le-Mesnil (08140)
# Dommery (08141)
# Estrebay (08154)
# Fagnon (08162)
# Flaignes-Havys (08169)
# Fligny (08172)
# Flize (08173)
# Foisches (08175)
# Fromelennes (08183)
# Fumay (08185)
# Fépin (08166)
# Gernelle (08187)
# Gespunsart (08188)
# Girondelle (08189)
# Givet (08190)
# Gruyères (08201)
# Guignicourt-sur-Vence (08203)
# Gué-d'Hossus (08202)
# Ham-les-Moines (08206)
# Ham-sur-Meuse (08207)
# Hannappes (08208)
# Hannogne-Saint-Martin (08209)
# Harcy (08212)
# Hargnies (08214)
# Haudrecy (08216)
# Haulmé (08217)
# Haybes (08222)
# Hierges (08226)
# Houldizy (08230)
# Issancourt-et-Rumel (08235)
# Jandun (08236)
# Joigny-sur-Meuse (08237)
# L'Échelle (08149)
# La Francheville (08180)
# La Férée (08167)
# La Grandville (08199)
# La Horgne (08228)
# La Neuville-aux-Joûtes (08318)
# Laifour (08242)
# Lalobbe (08243)
# Landrichamps (08247)
# Launois-sur-Vence (08248)
# Laval-Morency (08249)
# Le Châtelet-sur-Sormonne (08110)
# Le Fréty (08182)
# Les Ayvelles (08040)
# Les Hautes-Rivières (08218)
# Les Mazures (08284)
# Liart (08254)
# Logny-Bogny (08257)
# Lonny (08260)
# Lumes (08263)
# Lépron-les-Vallées (08251)
# Maranwez (08272)
# Marby (08273)
# Marlemont (08277)
# Maubert-Fontaine (08282)
# Mazerny (08283)
# Mondigny (08295)
# Montcornet (08297)
# Montcy-Notre-Dame (08298)
# Monthermé (08302)
# Montigny-sur-Meuse (08304)
# Montigny-sur-Vence (08305)
# Murtin-et-Bogny (08312)
# Neufmaison (08315)
# Neufmanil (08316)
# Neuville-lez-Beaulieu (08319)
# Neuville-lès-This (08322)
# Nouvion-sur-Meuse (08327)
# Nouzonville (08328)
# Omicourt (08334)
# Omont (08335)
# Poix-Terron (08341)
# Prez (08344)
# Prix-lès-Mézières (08346)
# Raillicourt (08352)
# Rancennes (08353)
# Regniowez (08355)
# Remilly-les-Pothées (08358)
# Renwez (08361)
# Revin (08363)
# Rimogne (08365)
# Rocroi (08367)
# Rouvroy-sur-Audry (08370)
# Rumigny (08373)
# Saint-Laurent (08385)
# Saint-Marceau (08388)
# Saint-Marcel (08389)
# Saint-Pierre-sur-Vence (08395)
# Sapogne-et-Feuchères (08400)
# Signy-l'Abbaye (08419)
# Signy-le-Petit (08420)
# Singly (08422)
# Sormonne (08429)
# Sury (08432)
# Sécheval (08408)
# Sévigny-la-Forêt (08417)
# Taillette (08436)
# Tarzy (08440)
# Thilay (08448)
# Thin-le-Moutier (08449)
# This (08450)
# Touligny (08454)
# Tournavaux (08456)
# Tournes (08457)
# Tremblois-lès-Rocroi (08460)
# Vaux-Villaine (08468)
# Vendresse (08469)
# Ville-sur-Lumes (08483)
# Villers-Semeuse (08480)
# Villers-le-Tilleul (08478)
# Villers-sur-le-Mont (08482)
# Vireux-Molhain (08486)
# Vireux-Wallerand (08487)
# Vivier-au-Court (08488)
# Vrigne-Meuse (08492)
# Warcq (08497)
# Warnécourt (08498)
# Yvernaumont (08503)
# Élan (08152)
# Étalle (08155)
# Éteignières (08156)
# Étrépigny (08158)
# Évigny (08160)

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Ardennes department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References