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Rethel (French: [ʁətɛl] (listen)) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture and third-most important city and economic center in the department. It is situated on the river Aisne, near the northern border of Champagne and 37 km from Reims.

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Rethel
Subprefecture and commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Rethel
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Coordinates: 49°30′38″N 4°22′00″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Rethel
Intercommunality	Pays Rethélois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joseph Afribo
Area 1	18.58 km2 (7.17 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	7,467
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08362 /08300
Elevation	67–146 m (220–479 ft)
Website	www.villederethel.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Its inhabitants are called Rethélois.

History

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According to legend, the city was founded by Julius Caesar, who established a camp on the site of the city during his campaigns.

The parents of St. Arnulf of Metz were said to have given all they owned in villa Reistete (in the city of Rethel) to St. Remigius, bishop of Reims, so that their prayers for a child would be answered.

The city belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Remi and was administered by its advocati. One of them, Manasses I, became the first Count of Rethel. In 1481 the county, with Rethel as its seat, was elevated to the Peerage of France; it was elevated to a duchy in 1581 and in 1663 it became the Duchy of Mazarin.

During the Franco-Spanish War it was captured by Spanish forces under Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé on October 30, 1652 after a four-year siege, but was retaken by the French in July 1653.

In 1814 Spanish prisoners of war from the Napoleonic Wars introduced typhus to the city. Jean-Baptiste Reberotte-Labesse cared for the soldiers who were ill. Cholera epidemics occurred in 1832 and 1849, while typhoid fever ravaged the city in 1839, with an average of thirty deaths a day.

During World War II Rethel was the site of heavy combat from May to June 1940 during the Battle of France. French troops under Jean de Lattre de Tassigny repelled German assaults on the town for a month before it fell.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,512 —     1800 4,985 +1.43% 1806 5,551 +1.81% 1821 5,351 −0.24% 1831 6,585 +2.10% 1836 6,771 +0.56% 1841 7,184 +1.19% 1846 7,581 +1.08% 1851 7,499 −0.22% 1866 7,400 −0.09% 1872 7,086 −0.72% 1876 7,415 +1.14% 1881 7,403 −0.03% 1886 7,432 +0.08% 1891 7,136 −0.81% 1896 6,742 −1.13% 1901 6,434 −0.93%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 5,708 −2.37% 1911 5,187 −1.90% 1921 4,813 −0.75% 1926 5,940 +4.30% 1931 5,428 −1.79% 1936 5,662 +0.85% 1946 4,718 −1.81% 1954 5,686 +2.36% 1962 7,359 +3.28% 1968 7,804 +0.98% 1975 8,361 +0.99% 1982 8,339 −0.04% 1990 7,923 −0.64% 1999 8,052 +0.18% 2007 7,793 −0.41% 2012 7,724 −0.18% 2017 7,592 −0.34%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

Personalities

Rethel was the birthplace of:

• Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788–1868), geologist and antiquary
• Louis Christophe François Hachette (1800–1864), publisher.
• Maurice Maillot (1906–1968), film and theater actor.

See also

• County and Duchy of Rethel
• Alfred Rethel (1816 to 1859), artist.
• L'Ardennais, an automobile manufactured in Rethel from 1901 to around 1903.
• Counts and dukes of Rethel
• Communes of the Ardennes department

References

На других языках

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[de] Rethel

Rethel ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 7467 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Ardennes im Nordosten Frankreichs.

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- [en] Rethel

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[ru] Ретель

Рете́ль (фр. Rethel) — город и коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Шампань — Арденны. Департамент — Арденны. Административный центр кантона Ретель. Супрефектура округа Ретель.

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