Chuffilly-Roche

Chuffilly-Roche
Chuffilly-Roche

Coordinates: 49°26′53″N 4°36′28″E / 49.4481°N 4.6078°E / 49.4481; 4.6078Coordinates: 49°26′53″N 4°36′28″E / 49.4481°N 4.6078°E / 49.4481; 4.6078
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Vouziers
Canton Attigny
Intercommunality Crêtes Préardennaises
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Bernard Aubry
Area1 7.67 km2 (2.96 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 89
  Density 12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 08123 / 08130

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chuffilly-Roche is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It was created, in 1828, by amalgamating the communes of Chuffilly-et-Coigny and Roche-et-Méry.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962120    
1968126+5.0%
1975116−7.9%
198284−27.6%
1990100+19.0%
199991−9.0%
200889−2.2%

Personalities

Arthur Rimbaud, French poet, lived for a while in Roche, where his family had a farm. He wrote several works there, notably Une saison en enfer (A Season in Hell) and Le bateau ivre (The Drunken Boat).

See also

References

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