Ardennes (Department, France)

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Administrative data

Code: 08
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Traditional provinces: Champagne, Lorraine
Bordering departments: Aisne, Marne, Meuse
Bordering country: Belgium (provinces of Hainaut, Luxembourg, and Namur)

Area: 5,229 km²
Population (1995): 292,000 inhabitants

Préfecture: Charleville-Mézières
Sous-préfectures: Rethel, Sedan, Vouziers
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 37 cantons, 460 communes.

The department is named after the Ardennes mountains.