Arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières

The arrondissement of Charleville-Mezieres is an arrondissement of France in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Charleville-Mezieres.
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-Mezieres was part of that original department, sometimes we the name of Charleville and other times with the name of Mezieres until 1966 when the two communes of Charleville and Mezieres were joined to form the commune of Charleville-Mezieres.
Geography
The arrondissement of Charleville-Mezieres 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-Mezieres; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Bogny-sur-Meuse (0802)
Charleville-Mezieres-1 (0804)
Charleville-Mezieres-2 (0805)
Charleville-Mezieres-3 (0806)
Charleville-Mezieres-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-Mezieres has 160 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)::
Aiglemont (08003)
Anchamps (08011)
Antheny (08015)
Aouste (08016)
Arreux (08022)
Aubigny-les-Pothees (08026)
Aubrives (08028)
Auge (08030)
Auvillers-les-Forges (08037)
Balaives-et-Butz (08042)
Barbaise (08047)
Baalons (08041)
Belval (08058)
Blanchefosse-et-Bay (08069)
Blombay (08071)
Bogny-sur-Meuse (08081)
Bossus-les-Rumigny (08073)
Boulzicourt (08076)
Bourg-Fidele (08078)
Boutancourt (08079)
Bouvellemont (08080)
Brognon (08087)
Cernion (08094)
Chagny (08095)
Chalandry-Elaire (08096)
Champigneul-sur-Vence (08099)
Champlin (08100)
Charleville-Mezieres (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)
Fepin (08166)
Gernelle (08187)
Gespunsart (08188)
Girondelle (08189)
Givet (08190)
Gruyeres (08201)
Guignicourt-sur-Vence (08203)
Gue-d'Hossus (08202)
Ham-les-Moines (08206)
Ham-sur-Meuse (08207)
Hannappes (08208)
Hannogne-Saint-Martin (08209)
Harcy (08212)
Hargnies (08214)
Haudrecy (08216)
Haulme (08217)
Haybes (08222)
Hierges (08226)
Houldizy (08230)
Issancourt-et-Rumel (08235)
Jandun (08236)
Joigny-sur-Meuse (08237)
L'Echelle (08149)
La Francheville (08180)
La Feree (08167)
La Grandville (08199)
La Horgne (08228)
La Neuville-aux-Joutes (08318)
Laifour (08242)
Lalobbe (08243)
Landrichamps (08247)
Launois-sur-Vence (08248)
Laval-Morency (08249)
Le Chatelet-sur-Sormonne (08110)
Le Frety (08182)
Les Ayvelles (08040)
Les Hautes-Rivieres (08218)
Les Mazures (08284)
Liart (08254)
Logny-Bogny (08257)
Lonny (08260)
Lumes (08263)
Lepron-les-Vallees (08251)
Maranwez (08272)
Marby (08273)
Marlemont (08277)
Maubert-Fontaine (08282)
Mazerny (08283)
Mondigny (08295)
Montcornet (08297)
Montcy-Notre-Dame (08298)
Montherme (08302)
Montigny-sur-Meuse (08304)
Montigny-sur-Vence (08305)
Murtin-et-Bogny (08312)
Neufmaison (08315)
Neufmanil (08316)
Neuville-lez-Beaulieu (08319)
Neuville-les-This (08322)
Nouvion-sur-Meuse (08327)
Nouzonville (08328)
Omicourt (08334)
Omont (08335)
Poix-Terron (08341)
Prez (08344)
Prix-les-Mezieres (08346)
Raillicourt (08352)
Rancennes (08353)
Regniowez (08355)
Remilly-les-Pothees (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-Feucheres (08400)
Signy-l'Abbaye (08419)
Signy-le-Petit (08420)
Singly (08422)
Sormonne (08429)
Sury (08432)
Secheval (08408)
Sevigny-la-Foret (08417)
Taillette (08436)
Tarzy (08440)
Thilay (08448)
Thin-le-Moutier (08449)
This (08450)
Touligny (08454)
Tournavaux (08456)
Tournes (08457)
Tremblois-les-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)
Warnecourt (08498)
Yvernaumont (08503)
Elan (08152)
Etalle (08155)
Eteignieres (08156)
Etrepigny (08158)
Evigny (08160)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Ardennes department
List of arrondissements of France
References
Charleville-Mezieres