Semide

Semide
Location of Semide
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Vouziers
Canton	Machault
Intercommunality	Argonne Ardennaise
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Marc Lampson
Area 1	37.04 km2 (14.30 sq mi)
Population  (2007)	230
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08410 /08400
Elevation	110–204 m (361–669 ft) (avg. 149 m or 489 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Semide is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northern of France.

It is located 200 km (120 mi) northeast of Paris, 40 km (25 mi) of Reims).

Economy

Semide main's activity is farming, predominantly cereal and sugar beet production.

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 1960s, Semide underwent 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.

Population

The inhabitants are called Semidas.

Population History

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
314	293	251	264	258	245	230

Heritage

• St-Pierre St-Paul Church from the twelfth century.
• Big Bertha : Vestige of an installation of a Langer Max (officially called 38 cm SKL/45), wrongly called by usage Big Bertha.
• National graveyard from the First World War.

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Semide youth guild Website
• Nearest cities
• Semide on a map of France
• Semide on Mapquest