Battle of Sedan (1940)

The Battle of La Marfée, also known as the Battle of Sedan, took place on 6 July 1641, during the 1635 to 1659 Franco-Spanish War, a related conflict of the Thirty Years War. It was fought near Sedan, France, on 6 July 1641, between a French army led by the Duke of Châtillon, and an Imperial-Spanish army commanded by Guillaume de Lamboy, supported by French rebels led by the Comte de Soissons and Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon. The French army collapsed, but Soissons was killed in the closing moments, allegedly by using a loaded pistol to open his helmet, and the opportunity quickly passed.

The Battle of Sedan was fought during the Franco-Prussian War from 1 to 2 September 1870. Resulting in the capture of Emperor Napoleon III and over a hundred thousand troops, it effectively decided the war in favour of Prussia and its allies, though fighting continued under a new French government. The 130,000 strong French Army of Châlons, commanded by Marshal Patrice de MacMahon and accompanied by Napoleon III, was attempting to lift the siege of Metz, only to be caught by the Prussian Fourth Army and defeated at the Battle of Beaumont on 30 August. Commanded by Generalfeldmarschall Helmuth von Moltke and accompanied by Prussian King Wilhelm I and Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the Fourth Army and the Prussian Third Army encircled MacMahon's army at Sedan in a battle of annihilation. Marshal MacMahon was wounded during the attacks and command passed to General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot, until assumed by General Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen. Bombarded from all sides by German artillery and with all breakout attempts defeated, the French Army of Châlons capitulated on 2 September, with 104,000 men passing into German captivity along with 558 guns. Napoleon III was taken prisoner, while the French government in Paris continued the war and proclaimed a Government of National Defense on 4 September. The German armies besieged Paris on 19 September.

Sedan (French pronunciation: [sədɑ̃] ) is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. It is also the chef-lieu (administrative centre) of the arrondissement of the same name. Sedan is notable as the site of two major battles between the armed forces of France and Germany, both of which were won by Germany. The First Battle of Sedan in 1870 sealed the fate of the Second French Empire and paved the way to the foundation of the German Empire, leading to the subsequent annual celebration of "Sedan Day" in Germany. The Second Battle of Sedan in 1940 achieved a decisive breakthrough by Wehrmacht forces in the Battle of France and ultimately led to the collapse of the French Third Republic.

The Jardin botanique de Sedan is a botanical garden and city park located on Philippoteaux Avenue beside the Place d'Alsace-Lorraine, Sedan, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France. It is open daily without charge. The garden was established in 1875 upon the demolition of the Bourbon bastion, with its plan drawn up by René Richer. A statue of Paul et Virginie beneath an umbrella, battered in the cyclone of 1905, still graces the garden. Today it contains mature trees (beech, maple, chestnut), magnolias, a rose garden with more than 50 varieties, a collection of hydrangeas, a bandstand, and a pool with fish, swans, and ducks.

Sedan Castle (French: Château de Sedan) is a castle situated in Sedan, France, near the river Meuse. Covering an area of 35,000 square metres (380,000 sq ft) in its seven floors.

Sedan Synagogue, located on Avenue Philippoteaux, Sedan, Ardennes, Northern France, was built by the Jewish community in 1878. Although the Jews were deported during World War II, the synagogue survived.

Stade Louis Dugauguez is a multi-use stadium in Sedan, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of CS Sedan Ardennes. The stadium holds 23,189 people and was built in 2000. It replaced Stade Emile Albeau. It is named after the former French footballer and manager Louis Dugauguez (1918–1991).

The arrondissement of Sedan is an arrondissement of France in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region. It has 72 communes. Its population is 58,136 (2016), and its area is 792.2 km2 (305.9 sq mi).

The canton of Sedan-2 is an administrative division of the Ardennes department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Sedan.It consists of the following communes:

The canton of Sedan-1 is an administrative division of the Ardennes department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Sedan.It consists of the following communes:

Sedan station (French: Gare de Sedan) is a railway station serving the town of Sedan, Ardennes department in northeastern France. It is situated on the Mohon–Thionville railway. The station is served by regional trains towards Charleville-Mézières, Reims and Longwy, and by high-speed trains towards Paris.

The Sedan–Corbion–Bouillon–Paliseul railway (French: La ligne du Bouillonais) was a 44 kilometres (27 mi) long cross-border metre gauge railway in northeastern France and southwestern Belgium, commissioned in sections from 1890 and operated until 1933 and 1957/1960, respectively.