Givet

Givet, a frontier town and first-class fortress in the French department of Ardennes, on both banks of the Meuse, 31 miles by rail S. of Namur in Belgium, and 193 NE. of Paris. The citadel of Charlemont, on a rock 700 feet above the stream, was reconstructed by Vauban. There are manufactures of lead-pencils, and sealing-wax, copper-ware, soap, &c. Pop. 6818.