Fumay
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| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mézières |
| Canton | Revin |
| Intercommunality | Ardenne Rives de Meuse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Mathieu Sonnet[1] |
Area 1 | 37.56 km2 (14.50 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08185 /08170 |
| Elevation | 116–255 m (381–837 ft) (avg. 127 m or 417 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fumay (French pronunciation: [fymɛ]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France, very close to the Belgian border. The engineer Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey was born in Fumay.
Geography
[edit | edit source]It is situated in the Meuse valley, the main part of the town being surrounded by a large meander of the river.
Population
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Economy
[edit | edit source]Fumay is sometimes known as "The City of Slate" (La Cité de l'Ardoise) due to the slate mining which brought prosperity to the town in the nineteenth century. The last slate mine was closed in 1971.
See also
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[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Fumay, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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