GIVET, town of northern France, in the department 'of Ar dennes, 40 m. N. by E. of Mezieres on the Eastern railway between the town and Namur. Pop. 7 ; commune, 6,803. Givet lies on the Meuse near the Belgian frontier, and was formerly an important fortress. It is divided into three portions—the citadel called Charlemont and Grand Givet on the left bank of the river, and on the opposite bank Petit Givet. The fortress, the only sur vival of the fortifications, at the top of a precipitous rock 705 ft. high, was founded by the emperor Charles V. in the i6th century, and further fortified by Vauban at the end of the 17th century; it is the only survival of the fortifications of the town, the rest of which were destroyed in 1892. In Grand Givet there are a church and a town-hall built by Vauban, and a statue of the composer, Etienne Maul, stands in the fine square named after him. Petit Givet, the industrial quarter, is traversed by tanneries and glue factories. Pencils and tobacco-pipes are also manufac tured. The town has considerable river traffic, consisting chiefly of coal, copper and stone. There is a chamber of arts and manu factures.