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|name = Sedan |commune status = Subprefecture and commune |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Sedan (Ardennes).svg |image = FR-08-Sedan03.JPG |caption = Sedan in mid-September 2007 |arrondissement = Sedan |canton = Sedan-1, 2 and 3 |INSEE = 08409 |postal code = 08200 |mayor = Didier Herbillon |term = 2014–2020 |intercommunality = Ardenne Métropole |coordinates = {{coord|49.7034|4.9388|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 157 |elevation min m = 149 |elevation max m = 301 |area km2 = 16.28 |population = 17248 |population date = 2015 }} Sedan ({{IPA-fr|sədɑ̃}}) is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. It is also the chef-lieu (administrative centre) of the arrondissement of the same name. LocationThe town is situated some 200 km from Paris, 85 km north-east of Reims, and 10 km south of the border with Belgium. The historic centre occupies a peninsula formed by a bend in the River Meuse. HistorySedan was founded in 1424. In the sixteenth century Sédan was an asylum for Protestant refugees from the Wars of Religion. Until 1651, the Principality of Sedan belonged to the La Tour d'Auvergne family. It was at that time a sovereign principality. Their most illustrious representative, Marshal Turenne, was born at Sedan on 11 September 1611. With help from the Holy Roman Empire, it managed to defeat France at the Battle of La Marfée, though immediately afterwards it was besieged and its prince, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon, submitted to France. Only a year after that submission, it was annexed to France in return for sparing his life after he became involved in a conspiracy against France. This town was also the birthplace of Jacques MacDonald, a general who served in the Napoleonic Wars. During the Franco-Prussian War, on 2 September 1870 the French emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner with 100,000 of his soldiers at the First Battle of Sedan. Due to this major victory, which also made the unification of Germany possible, 2 September was declared "Sedan Day" (Sedantag) and a national German holiday in 1871. It remained a holiday until 1919. Sedan was occupied by the Germans for four years during World War I.[1] On 13 November 1917, the German Crown Prince paraded the 13th Infantry Division over the course of "d'Alsace-Lorraine". During World War II the German troops first invaded neutral Belgium and crossed the Meuse River by winning the Second Battle of Sedan that lasted from 12 to 15 May 1940. This battle allowed them to win the whole Battle of France as they not only bypassed the French fortification system, the Maginot Line, but it also enabled them to entrap the Allied Forces that were advancing east into Belgium, as part of the Allied Dyle Plan strategy. Points of interestCastle{{Main|Château de Sedan}}Today Sedan is known for its castle, that is claimed to be the largest fortified medieval castle in Europe with a total area of {{convert|30000|m2|acre}} on seven levels.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} Construction started in 1424 and the castle's defences were constantly improved over the ages. It is the only remaining part of the once enormous fortifications in and around the town. Other points of interest
Population{{Historical populations|align=left | 1800|10634 | 1806|10838 | 1821|12123 | 1831|13806 | 1841|15585 | 1851|16759 | 1866|13793 | 1872|14039 | 1876|16593 | 1881|19556 | 1891|20292 | 1901|19349 | 1911|19516 | 1921|17509 | 1926|18298 | 1936|18559 | 1946|13514 | 1954|17637 | 1962|20336 | 1968|23037 | 1975|25995 | 1982|24977 | 1990|22667 | 1999|21548 | 2006|19934 | 2015|17248 }}{{clear-left}} EconomyA centre of cloth production, begun under the patronage of Cardinal Mazarin, supported the town until the late nineteenth century. SportCS Sedan Ardennes is based in the town. PersonalitiesThe following notable people lived there:
Twin towns
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Notes1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wir-rheinlaender.lvr.de/engl_version/firstworldwar/sedanasasymbol.htm |title=First World War |publisher=Wir-rheinlaender.lvr.de |date= |accessdate=2012-12-13}} External links{{Commons category|Sedan}}
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