Carignan
Commune
The church in Carignan
Coat of arms
Location of Carignan
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Coordinates: 49°38′00″N 5°10′07″E / 49.6333°N 5.1686°E / 49.6333; 5.1686
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Sedan
Canton	Carignan
Intercommunality	Portes du Luxembourg
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Gilbert Lordier[1]
Area 1	14.01 km2 (5.41 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	2,680
• Density	191/km2 (495/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08090 /08110
Elevation	161–293 m (528–961 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carignan (French pronunciation: [kaʁiɲɑ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is the seat of a canton. It was known as Yvoy or Yvois until 1662.

History

Carignan was, under the name Epoissium, Eposium, Epusum or Ivosium, a military settlement of the Romans. Gaugericus, bishop of Cambrai, was born in Eposium around 550. A little later it was the home of a stylite ascetic named Wulflaich.

As Yvois, it was part of the Burgundian Netherlands in the 15th century. It changed hands between the Habsburg Netherlands and France several times, until it was assigned to France by the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees. The town was given as a duchy to Prince Eugène-Maurice of Savoy-Carignan, and renamed Carignan in 1662.^[3]

Population

International relations

Carignan is twinned with:

• Weinsberg, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

References

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