Fumay

Fumay
Coat of arms
Fumay
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region Fumay
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Charleville-Mézières
Canton	Fumay
Intercommunality	Ardennes Rives de Meuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Blanchemanche
Area1	37.56 km2 (14.50 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	3,884
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fumay (French pronunciation: ​[fy.mɛ]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France, very close to the Belgian border.

Geography

It is situated in the Meuse valley, the main part of the town being surrounded by a large meander of the river.

Fumay from the north-east

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,815	—
1806	1,891	+4.2%
1821	2,213	+17.0%
1831	2,421	+9.4%
1836	2,654	+9.6%
1841	2,903	+9.4%
1846	3,390	+16.8%
1851	3,447	+1.7%
1856	3,535	+2.6%
1861	3,918	+10.8%
1866	4,699	+19.9%
1872	4,565	−2.9%
1876	4,857	+6.4%
1881	5,231	+7.7%
1886	5,176	−1.1%
1891	5,065	−2.1%
1896	5,281	+4.3%
1901	5,668	+7.3%
1906	5,836	+3.0%
1911	5,790	−0.8%
1921	4,789	−17.3%
1926	5,339	+11.5%
1931	5,376	+0.7%
1936	4,940	−8.1%
1946	4,013	−18.8%
1954	4,837	+20.5%
1962	6,185	+27.9%
1968	6,426	+3.9%
1975	6,147	−4.3%
1982	5,782	−5.9%
1990	5,363	−7.2%
1999	4,667	−13.0%
2008	3,884	−16.8%

Economy

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.

Fumay across the river

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official site