Carignan, Ardennes
Encyclopedia
Carignan is a commune
in the Ardennes department in northern France
. It is the seat of a canton
.
. Gaugericus
, bishop of Cambrai, was born in Eposium around 550. As Yvois, it was part of the Duchy of Burgundy
in the 15th century. It changed hands between the Habsburg Netherlands
and France
several times, until it was assigned to France by the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees
. The town was given as a lordship to Prince Eugène-Maurice of Savoy-Carignan
, and renamed Carignan in 1662.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Ardennes department in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is the seat of a canton
Cantons of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...
.
History
Carignan was, under the name Epoissium, Eposium, Epusum or Ivosium, a military settlement of the RomansRoman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
. Gaugericus
Gaugericus
Saint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry was a bishop of Cambrai. He was born to Roman parents, Gaudentius and Austadiola, at Eposium...
, bishop of Cambrai, was born in Eposium around 550. As Yvois, it was part of the Duchy of Burgundy
Duchy of Burgundy
The Duchy of Burgundy , was heir to an ancient and prestigious reputation and a large division of the lands of the Second Kingdom of Burgundy and in its own right was one of the geographically larger ducal territories in the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval Europe.Even in that...
in the 15th century. It changed hands between the Habsburg Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands
The Habsburg Netherlands was a geo-political entity covering the whole of the Low Countries from 1482 to 1556/1581 and solely the Southern Netherlands from 1581 to 1794...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
several times, until it was assigned to France by the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees
Treaty of the Pyrenees
The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed to end the 1635 to 1659 war between France and Spain, a war that was initially a part of the wider Thirty Years' War. It was signed on Pheasant Island, a river island on the border between the two countries...
. The town was given as a lordship to Prince Eugène-Maurice of Savoy-Carignan
Prince Eugène-Maurice of Savoy-Carignan
Eugene Maurice of Savoy was count of Soissons, a French general and father of Eugene of Savoy.- Biography :...
, and renamed Carignan in 1662.