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Much of the Ardennes is covered in dense forests, with the hills averaging around 350–400 m (1,150–1,310 ft) in height but rising to over 694 m (2,277 ft) in the boggy moors of the High Fens region of south-eastern Belgium. The region is typified by steep-sided valleys carved by swift-flowing rivers, the most prominent of which is the Meuse.
Map of the communes of the Ardennes department. The Ardennes is composed of 452 communes which are grouped into 19 cantons and four arrondissements of varying sizes. The largest arrondissement of the department is that of Charleville-Mézières while the smallest is Sedan which is half the size. The two arrondissements that occupy the northern ...
Ardennes and Eifel are mountain ranges in Europe that form part of the same volcanic field and also of the Rhenish Massif. These are mountains and hills composed of slate and limestone , and of an average altitude of 400 to 500 meters, with several summits reaching the 700 meters.
Map of arrondissements of the Ardennes department. The 4 arrondissements of the Ardennes department are: [1] Arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières, (prefecture of the Ardennes department: Charleville-Mézières) with 157 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 153,985 in 2021.
The concept of a natural park in the Ardennes region originated in the 1960s. Just two months after the decree establishing regional natural parks was published in March 1967, Christophe Ryelandt, in the Ardennes literary and artistic journal La Grive, proposed the creation of a "natural park of the Ardennes forest", with a particular focus on the northern part of the department and extending ...
The following is a list of the 447 communes of the Ardennes department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [1] Communauté d'agglomération Ardenne Métropole; Communauté de communes Ardenne rives de Meuse; Communauté de communes Ardennes Thiérache; Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise
The following is a list of the 19 cantons of the Ardennes department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: [1] Attigny Bogny-sur-Meuse
It is located in the Ardennes department, in the Grand Est region, northern France. It was created as Communauté d'agglomération de Charleville-Mézières-Sedan in January 2014 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération Cœur d'Ardenne with 3 former communautés de communes and 12 other communes. Its seat is in Charleville ...