Rocroi

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Rocroi

(2020–2026) Denis Binet^[1]Area

50.41 km² (19.46 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,259 • Density45/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

08367 /08230

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

Rocroi (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkʁwa]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

The central area is a notable surviving example of a bastion fort.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	3,260	—
1800	2,846	−1.92%
1806	3,008	+0.93%
1821	3,501	+1.02%
1831	3,173	−0.98%
1836	3,232	+0.37%
1841	3,780	+3.18%
1846	3,590	−1.03%
1851	3,765	+0.96%
1866	2,998	−1.51%
1872	2,281	−4.45%
1876	2,381	+1.08%
1881	2,977	+4.57%
1886	3,172	+1.28%
1891	2,265	−6.51%
1896	2,193	−0.64%
1901	2,176	−0.16%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	2,116	−0.56%
1911	2,256	+1.29%
1921	2,127	−0.59%
1926	2,442	+2.80%
1931	2,436	−0.05%
1936	2,250	−1.58%
1946	1,969	−1.33%
1954	2,348	+2.22%
1962	2,870	+2.54%
1968	2,997	+0.72%
1975	2,911	−0.42%
1982	2,789	−0.61%
1990	2,555	−1.09%
1999	2,420	−0.60%
2007	2,376	−0.23%
2012	2,409	+0.28%
2017	2,330	−0.66%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

History

Rocroi was fortified by Francis I of France and expanded by Henry II of France. Because of its strategic location in the north of France it changed hands a number of times during wars. It is best known for the Battle of Rocroi in 1643. In the 1670s the fortifications were re-modelled by the French engineer Vauban.^[5]

In 1815, two months after the Battle of Waterloo, the town was taken by Prussian and British forces (on 16 August).

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rocroi, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Rocroi, Réseau des sites majeurs de Vauban