# Contreuve

> commune in Ardennes, France

**Wikidata**: [Q722665](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722665)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contreuve)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/contreuve

## Summary
Contreuve is a commune (municipality) in the Ardennes department of northern France. It lies in the arrondissement of Vouziers and is located at latitude 49.361666666667 and longitude 4.6244444444444.

## Key Facts
- Contreuve is a commune in France.  
- Administrative department: Ardennes (department in France; sitelink_count: 99).  
- Arrondissement: Vouziers (arrondissement of France; country: France; sitelink_count: 34).  
- Commune type: commune of France (France territorial subdivision for municipalities; inception: 1789).  
- Coordinates: latitude 49.361666666667, longitude 4.6244444444444.  
- Population data (values provided in source): 57.0, 73.0, 84.0, 80.0, 82.0, 118.0, 94.0, 77.0, 70.0, 73.0, 70.0, 62.0, 83.0, 83.0, 84.0, 85.0, 87.0.  
- Wikidata description: "commune in Ardennes, France."  
- Wikipedia article title: "Contreuve."  
- Sitlink count (Wikidata): 46.

## FAQs
Q: What is Contreuve?  
A: Contreuve is a French commune (municipality) situated in the Ardennes department and administratively placed in the arrondissement of Vouziers.

Q: Where is Contreuve located geographically?  
A: Contreuve is located at latitude 49.361666666667 and longitude 4.6244444444444 in northern France, within the Ardennes department.

Q: How is Contreuve administered within France’s territorial structure?  
A: Contreuve is a commune — the basic municipal subdivision of France — part of the Ardennes department and the arrondissement of Vouziers.

Q: What population information is available for Contreuve?  
A: The source provides a sequence of recorded population values: 57.0; 73.0; 84.0; 80.0; 82.0; 118.0; 94.0; 77.0; 70.0; 73.0; 70.0; 62.0; 83.0; 83.0; 84.0; 85.0; 87.0. No years or additional metadata were supplied with those figures.

Q: Where can I find more structured metadata or an online article about Contreuve?  
A: The Wikipedia article title for this municipality is "Contreuve." Its Wikidata entry describes it as a "commune in Ardennes, France" and lists a sitelink_count of 46.

## Why It Matters
Contreuve is part of France’s municipal network and contributes to the local administration, demographics, and geography of the Ardennes department. As a commune it participates in France’s long-established system of territorial subdivisions (organized since the French Revolutionary period, inception 1789), which structures local governance, public services, and statistical reporting. Even small communes like Contreuve provide essential administrative units for electoral organization, census data, local planning, and the maintenance of regional identity within the Ardennes and the arrondissement of Vouziers.

## Notable For
- Being a recognized commune in the Ardennes department of France.  
- Placement inside the arrondissement of Vouziers, linking it to that subprefectural administrative structure.  
- Precise geographic coordinates: 49.361666666667 N, 4.6244444444444 E.  
- A sequence of small population values recorded in the source, indicating a small-scale local community.  
- Presence in linked knowledge resources: a Wikipedia page titled "Contreuve," a Wikidata description, and a sitelink_count of 46.

## Body

### Overview and identity
- Contreuve is formally classified as a commune, the standard municipal unit in France.  
- Its Wikidata description succinctly identifies it as a "commune in Ardennes, France."  
- The official English-language Wikipedia title for the entity is "Contreuve."

### Location and geography
- Country: France (a country in Western Europe and overseas territories).  
- Department: Ardennes — Contreuve is located within this French department. The Ardennes department entry has a sitelink_count of 99 in the provided source.  
- Arrondissement: Vouziers — Contreuve is part of the arrondissement of Vouziers, an administrative subdivision of France; the arrondissement entry indicates country: France and a sitelink_count of 34.  
- Coordinates: latitude 49.361666666667; longitude 4.6244444444444. These coordinates place Contreuve geographically within the Ardennes region.

### Administrative status and relationships
- Commune status: Contreuve functions under the French communal system, which is the municipal tier established in and after 1789 (the commune of France territorial subdivision inception given as 1789).  
- Hierarchy: Contreuve → Commune of France (municipal level) → Arrondissement of Vouziers → Ardennes department → France (country).  
- Linked administrative entities: Ardennes (department) and the arrondissement of Vouziers are explicitly connected administrative units in the provided source.

### Demographics
- The source supplies the following population figures for Contreuve: 57.0; 73.0; 84.0; 80.0; 82.0; 118.0; 94.0; 77.0; 70.0; 73.0; 70.0; 62.0; 83.0; 83.0; 84.0; 85.0; 87.0.  
- No years, dates, or contextual metadata were provided alongside these values; they are presented here as the complete population dataset included in the source material.

### Identifiers, links and coverage
- Wikipedia title: "Contreuve."  
- Wikidata description: "commune in Ardennes, France."  
- Sitlink count on Wikidata: 46. These identifiers indicate presence in Wikimedia projects and the availability of linked resources.

### Connected entities and context
- France: Contreuve is located within the Republic of France. The provided source material supplies extensive contextual information about France (country status, continental presence, governance structure, historic inceptions such as the Treaty of Verdun 843 and First French Empire 1804, and many national-level facts). Contreuve, as a municipal entity, is part of that national framework.  
- Ardennes: The departmental authority under which Contreuve falls; Ardennes is denoted in the source as a French department with its own sitelink_count metric.  
- Arrondissement of Vouziers: The arrondissement-level administrative division containing Contreuve; the provided source notes its country affiliation as France and a sitelink_count value.

### Data limitations and scope
- The population values are supplied without timestamps or sources in the provided material; therefore they cannot be assigned to specific census years here.  
- No historical founding date, local landmarks, mayoral or municipal governance personnel, area size, postal code, INSEE code, or economic details for Contreuve were included in the source; such information is outside the bounds of the supplied facts.

### How Contreuve appears in knowledge systems
- Contreuve has a dedicated Wikipedia page titled "Contreuve."  
- In Wikidata it is described as a "commune in Ardennes, France" and the entry lists a sitelink_count of 46, indicating connections to other Wikimedia and linked-data resources.

## References

1. dataset of postal codes in France. 2018
2. INSEE code
3. répertoire géographique des communes
4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
5. Annuaire de service-public.fr
6. Recensement de la population 2015. National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 2017
7. Populations légales 2016
8. Populations légales 2017
9. Populations légales 2018
10. [Populations légales communales depuis 1968. National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2522602)
11. Populations légales 2019
12. Populations légales 2020
13. Populations légales 2021
14. Populations de référence 2022
15. Populations de référence 2023
16. [Code officiel géographique](https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/3363419)
17. National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies
18. GeoNames
19. [répertoire géographique des communes. 2015](https://wxs-telechargement.ign.fr/83edtfdyqte031y0ra49d2e3/telechargement/inspire/RGC-2015-01$RGC2015/file/RGC2015.7z)
20. [2016](https://data.geopf.fr/telechargement/download/GEOFLA/GEOFLA_2-2_COMMUNE_SHP_LAMB93_FXX_2016-06-28/GEOFLA_2-2_COMMUNE_SHP_LAMB93_FXX_2016-06-28.7z)
21. [Code officiel géographique. 2017](https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2560698)