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Rethel

commune in Ardennes, France
Place commune_of_france Q209790

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
commune of France
Award received
Croix de guerre 1914–1918[1]
Country
France[4]
Official website
www.villederethel.fr[16]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 49.510°, 4.367°
Capital of
arrondissement of Rethel, canton of Rethel, Wikidata item[34][35]
Area
+18.58[43]
Associated electoral district
canton of Rethel[44]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33]
Elevation above sea level
96 (67–146, n=3)[40][41][42]
Female population
+4066[38]
List of monuments
Liste der Monuments historiques in Rethel[37]
Located in or next to body of water
Aisne[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Ardennes, arrondissement of Rethel[2][3]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Aire d'attraction de Reims, Unité urbaine de Rethel[45][46]
Male population
+3526[39]
Office held by head of government
Mayor of Rethel[31]
Official name
Rethel[36]
Phone number
+33-3-24-39-51-40[32]
Population
7.4k (7.4k–8.4k, n=17)[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 7,730 · 7,764 · 8,058 · 7,592 · 7,522 GeoNames 8,505 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code
08300[14]
Shares border with
Acy-Romance, Barby, Bertoncourt, Biermes, Doux, Sault-lès-Rethel, Sorbon, Thugny-Trugny[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Significant event
Siege of Rethel[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rethel ar ريثل el Παρνί el Ρεσόν el Ρετέλ fa رتل fr Resson fr Pargny he רתל ja ルテル ko 레텔 nl Rethel (plaats) ru Ретель zh 勒泰勒
🔖 Identifiers · 31
VIAF cluster ID
146126672
Library of Congress authority ID
n83069449
GND ID
4116968-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bibliothèque et église saint Nicolas Rethel.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
9767
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11946479h
EHESS ID of a French commune
28985
Email address
mailto:accueil@villederethel.fr
FactGrid item ID
World Athlete of the Year
Freebase ID
/m/04grnc
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1461563
GeoNames ID
2983891
Show all 31 identifiers +19
Insee municipality code
08362
Joconde discovery ID
T115-1566
KnowWhereGraph entity ID
administrativeRegion.FRA.6.1.2.6.13_1
Museum-digital place ID
8260
MusicBrainz area ID
086cf33b-b7f0-4cac-87f3-40f16b6a3394
National Address Base ID
e43f49e3-d90e-4a9b-af28-116fd7f45193
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007555113605171
Numista mint ID
5559
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1792603
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtkDSpDg8qmf
SBN place ID
TO0L004086
SNARC ID
Daniel Clasen
Topic's main category
Category:Rethel
Vikidia article ID
fr:Rethel
WOEID
619217
Who's on First ID
101840297
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmXKMQpKH9Wp7FhDGfKBP
X (Twitter) username
VILLEdeRETHEL
Yale LUX ID
place/67eba094-b63e-4837-a169-5071cfa74c9e

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 8
Acy-Romance, Barby, Biermes, Bertoncourt, Doux, Sault-lès-Rethel, Sorbon, Thugny-Trugny
← Shares border with 8
Acy-Romance, Barby, Biermes, Bertoncourt, Doux, Sault-lès-Rethel, Sorbon, Thugny-Trugny
People born here 6
Baldwin II of Jerusalem, Louis Christophe François Hachette, Benjamin Afgour, Jean-Charles de Coucy, Matilda, Countess of Rethel, Thomas Leseur
People who died here 5
Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé, Hugh I, Count of Rethel, Philip Frederick of the Palatinate, Friedrich Friesen, Gustave Pasquier
← Capital 3
arrondissement of Rethel, canton of Rethel, list of counts and dukes of Rethel
Capital of 2
arrondissement of Rethel, canton of Rethel
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Ardennes, arrondissement of Rethel
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
← Headquarters location 2
list of counts and dukes of Rethel, Rethel Sportif
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Rethel
Award received 1
Croix de guerre 1914–1918
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Rethel
Contained subdivisions 1
Gare de Rethel
Country 1
France
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
FactGrid item ID 1
World Athlete of the Year
Instance of 1
commune of France
Located in or next to body of water 1
Aisne
SNARC ID 1
Daniel Clasen
Topic's main category 1
Category:Rethel
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Rethel
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Rethel
← FactGrid item ID 1
Muchelney
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FAQs

What awards did Rethel receive?

Honors received include Croix de guerre 1914–1918[1].

Related Entities

Acy-Romance Aisne Baldwin II of Jerusalem Barby Bertoncourt Biermes Doux France Sault-lès-Rethel Sorbon Thugny-Trugny

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  30. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
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  32. [32] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  35. [35] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  38. [38] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. 4d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ Population: 7,444, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/1dbb9f543d3d|details]])"
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    Award received → Croix de guerre 1914–1918
    Office held by head of government → Mayor of Rethel
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