Fumay

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Fumay

(2020–2026) Mathieu Sonnet^[1]Area

37.56 km² (14.50 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,151 • Density84/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

08185 /08170

Elevation116–255 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.

Fumay (French pronunciation: [fy.mˈɛ]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France, very close to the Belgian border. The engineer Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey was born in Fumay.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,815	—
1800	1,740	−0.60%
1806	1,950	+1.92%
1821	2,213	+0.85%
1831	2,421	+0.90%
1836	2,654	+1.85%
1841	2,903	+1.81%
1846	3,390	+3.15%
1851	3,447	+0.33%
1866	4,699	+2.09%
1872	4,565	−0.48%
1876	4,857	+1.56%
1881	5,231	+1.49%
1886	5,176	−0.21%
1891	5,065	−0.43%
1896	5,281	+0.84%
1901	5,668	+1.42%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	5,836	+0.59%
1911	5,790	−0.16%
1921	4,789	−1.88%
1926	5,339	+2.20%
1931	5,376	+0.14%
1936	4,940	−1.68%
1946	4,013	−2.06%
1954	4,837	+2.36%
1962	6,185	+3.12%
1968	6,426	+0.64%
1975	6,147	−0.63%
1982	5,782	−0.87%
1990	5,363	−0.94%
1999	4,667	−1.53%
2007	3,986	−1.95%
2012	3,672	−1.63%
2017	3,481	−1.06%

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

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.

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 Fumay, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE