Semide
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| Commune of Semide | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 04° 35' 01" East |
| Latitude | 49° 20' 30" North |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Vouziers |
| Mayor | Jean-Marc Lampson (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Population² (2004) |
216 |
| - Density (2004) | 6/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08410/ 08400 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Semide is a small flowery village located in the Ardennes department and the Champagne-Ardenne region (North East of France, standing 200 km northeast of Paris, 40 km of Reims). The inhabitants are named Semidas. Semide main's activity is farming, predominantly cereal and sugar beet production.
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[edit] History
Semide has not always been what it is today. Formerly, the chalky soil gave bad harvest. This poor land, where resinous had been plant under the Second Empire provided to the sheep kine sparse grass. In the 60's, Semide undergone a change which has modified its economy, its way of life and the landscape. Mecanisation, motorisation, clearing, fertilizer utilization and regrouping of lands mark out the intensive farming beginning dominates by cereals.
[edit] Administration
City Hall permanence every weeks on Friday 6-8 pm.
[edit] Demography
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314 | 293 | 251 | 264 | 258 | 245 | 216 |
[edit] Heritage
- St-Pierre St-Paul Church from the XIIth century.
- Big Bertha : Vestige of an installation of a Langer Max (officially called 38cm SKL/45), wrongly called by usage Big Bertha.
- National graveyard from the First World War.
