Vouziers
Vouziers is a commune of the Ardennes department in northern France.
Vouziers is the burial place of the pioneer First World War fighter pilot Roland Garros, after whom the Stade Roland Garros in Paris is named. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk fought at Vouziers with the Czechoslovak Legion in France; there is a monument to the legion, and the president's name given to the city lycee. The cellist and conductor Jean Witkowski was born in Vouziers on 23 May 1895.
The town was on the path of totality for the Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999. It hosted a major observation event. Because of its proximity to the Belgian border, it was gridlocked by visiting Belgian cars on the morning of the eclipse.Geography
The river Aisne flows through Vouziers, doubled by a branch of the "canal des Ardennes".
The town lies between the Forest of Argonne, the pre-Ardennes, and Champagne, and near the Ardennes Massif.
It is not far from Charleville-Mézières, Sedan, Rocroi, Reims, Châlons-en-Champagne, and Varennes-en-Argonne. On 1 June 2016, the former communes Terron-sur-Aisne and Vrizy were merged into Vouziers.Population
The inhabitants are called Vouzinois.International relations
Vouziers is twinned with:
