Semide

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Semide

(2020–2026) Hubert Oudin^[1]Area

37.04 km² (14.30 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

175 • Density4.7/km² (12/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

08410 /08400

Elevation110–204 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 Grand Est region in northern of France.

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

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.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	314	—
1968	293	−6.7%
1975	251	−14.3%
1982	264	+5.2%
1990	258	−2.3%
1999	245	−5.0%
2008	213	−13.1%

Sights

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.

Economy

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.