Editing Rethel

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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Rethel
|commune status     = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image              = Rethel-FR-08-mairie-01.jpg
|caption            = Town hall
|image coat of arms = Blason comtes de Rethel.svg
|arrondissement     = Rethel
|canton             = Rethel
|INSEE              = 08362
|postal code        = 08300
|mayor              = Joseph Afribo<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = Pays Rethélois
|coordinates        = {{coord|49.5106|4.3667|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m    = 67
|elevation max m    = 146
|area km2           = 18.58
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|website            = [http://www.villederethel.fr www.villederethel.fr]
}}

'''Rethel''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁətɛl|lang|Fr-Paris--Rethel.ogg}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Ardennes (département)|Ardennes]] [[Departments of France|department]] in northern [[France]]. It is a [[Subprefectures in France|sub-prefecture]] and third-most important city and economic center in the department. It is situated on the river [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]], near the northern border of [[Champagne (province)|Champagne]] and 37&nbsp;km from [[Reims]].

Its [[demonym|inhabitant]]s are called ''Rethélois''.

==History==
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According to legend, the city was founded by [[Julius Caesar]], who established a camp on the site of the city during his campaigns.

The parents of [[Arnulf of Metz|St. Arnulf of Metz]] were said to have given all they owned ''in villa Reistete'' (in the city of Rethel) to [[Saint Remigius|St. Remigius, bishop of Reims]], so that their prayers for a child would be answered.

The city belonged to the [[Abbey of Saint-Remi]] and was administered by its [[advocatus|advocati]]. One of them, Manasses I, became the first [[Counts and dukes of Rethel|Count of Rethel]]. In 1481 the county, with Rethel as its seat, was elevated to the [[Peerage of France]]; it was elevated to a [[duchy]] in 1581 and in 1663 it became the Duchy of Mazarin.

During the [[Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)|Franco-Spanish War]] it was captured by Spanish forces under [[Louis, Grand Condé|Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé]] on 30 October 1652 after a four-year siege, but was retaken by the French in July 1653.

In 1814 Spanish prisoners of war from the [[Napoleonic Wars]] introduced [[typhus]] to the city. Jean-Baptiste Reberotte-Labesse cared for the soldiers who were ill. [[Cholera]] epidemics occurred in 1832 and 1849, while [[typhoid fever]] ravaged the city in 1839, with an average of thirty deaths a day.

During [[World War II]] Rethel was the site of heavy combat from May to June 1940 during the [[Battle of France]]. French troops under [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]] repelled German assaults on the town for a month before it fell.

In 1974, Rethel absorbed the former commune Pargny-Resson.<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000021342 Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)], ''[[Journal officiel de la République française]]'' n° 0030, 3 February 1974, pp. 1283-1284.</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|28985|Rethel }}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-08362#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|1793 |4512
|1800 |4985
|1806 |5551
|1821 |5351
|1831 |6585
|1836 |6771
|1841 |7184
|1846 |7581
|1851 |7499
|1866 |7400
|1872 |7086
|1876 |7415
|1881 |7403
|1886 |7432
|1891 |7136
|1896 |6742
|1901 |6434
|1906 |5708
|1911 |5187
|1921 |4813
|1926 |5940
|1931 |5428
|1936 |5662
|1946 |4718
|1954 |5686
|1962 |7359
|1968 |7804
|1975 |8361
|1982 |8339
|1990 |7923
|1999 |8052
|2007 |7793
|2012 |7724
|2017 |7592
}}

==Personalities==
Rethel was the birthplace of:
* [[Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes]] (1788–1868), [[archeologist]] and antiquary
* [[Louis Christophe François Hachette]] (1800–1864), [[publisher]].
* [[Maurice Maillot]] (1906–1968), film and theater actor.

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y 
|collapsed = Y
|location =  Rethel (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1959–2013)
|Jan record high C = 16.2
|Feb record high C = 20.1
|Mar record high C = 25.2
|Apr record high C = 29.5
|May record high C = 33.0
|Jun record high C = 37.5
|Jul record high C = 38.0
|Aug record high C = 40.7
|Sep record high C = 34.4
|Oct record high C = 28.7
|Nov record high C = 20.7
|Dec record high C = 16.0
|Jan record low C = -20.5
|Feb record low C = -17.6
|Mar record low C = -11.6
|Apr record low C = -6.4
|May record low C = -3.0
|Jun record low C = -1.2
|Jul record low C = 2.2
|Aug record low C = 2.3
|Sep record low C = -1.3
|Oct record low C = -6.0
|Nov record low C = -11.0
|Dec record low C = -19.2
|Jan high C = 5.9
|Feb high C = 7.5
|Mar high C = 11.9
|Apr high C = 15.9
|May high C = 20.3
|Jun high C = 23.2
|Jul high C = 26.1
|Aug high C = 25.6
|Sep high C = 21.3
|Oct high C = 16.5
|Nov high C = 10.2
|Dec high C = 6.6
| year high C = 16.0
|Jan mean C = 2.8
|Feb mean C = 3.5
|Mar mean C = 6.9
|Apr mean C = 9.8
|May mean C = 14.1
|Jun mean C = 16.9
|Jul mean C = 19.4
|Aug mean C = 18.9
|Sep mean C = 15.3
|Oct mean C = 11.6
|Nov mean C = 6.5
|Dec mean C = 3.6
| year mean C = 10.8
|Jan low C = -0.3
|Feb low C = -0.5
|Mar low C = 1.9
|Apr low C = 3.7
|May low C = 7.9
|Jun low C = 10.6
|Jul low C = 12.7
|Aug low C = 12.3
|Sep low C = 9.2
|Oct low C = 6.6
|Nov low C = 2.7
|Dec low C = 0.6
| year low C = 5.7
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 69.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 56.2
|Mar precipitation mm = 68.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 54.7
|May precipitation mm = 62.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 60.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 69.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 72.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 58.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 71.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 66.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 80.6
|year precipitation mm = 788.9
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 12.3
| Feb precipitation days = 10.4
| Mar precipitation days = 12.0
| Apr precipitation days = 9.8
| May precipitation days = 10.7
| Jun precipitation days = 9.4
| Jul precipitation days = 8.6
| Aug precipitation days = 8.2
| Sep precipitation days = 8.9
| Oct precipitation days = 10.9
| Nov precipitation days = 11.6
| Dec precipitation days = 13.4
| year precipitation days =126.3
|source 1 = Meteociel<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=8362002
|title=Normales et records pour Rethel - Man (08)
|publisher=Meteociel
|access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>}}

==See also==
*[[County and Duchy of Rethel]]
* [[Alfred Rethel]] (1816 to 1859), [[artist]].
* [[L'Ardennais]], an [[automobile]] manufactured in Rethel from 1901 to around 1903.
* [[Counts and dukes of Rethel]]
*[[Communes of the Ardennes department]]

==References==
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{{Commons category|Rethel}}
{{Ardennes communes}}
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[[Category:Communes of Ardennes (department)]]
[[Category:Subprefectures in France]]
[[Category:Champagne (province)]]
[[Category:Ardennes communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia]]


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