CHARLEVILLE, a town of north-eastern France, in the department of Ardennes, 5o m. N.E. of Reims. Pop. (1931) 21,837. Charleville is situated within a bend of the Meuse on its left bank, opposite Mezieres, with which it is united by a suspen sion bridge. The town was founded in 1606 by Charles III. (Gonzaga), duke of Nevers, afterwards duke of Mantua, and is laid out on a definite plan. The Place Ducale is a large square surrounded by old houses. On the right bank of the Meuse is Mont Olympe, ,with the ruins of a fortress dismantled under Louis XIV. Charleville, which shares with Mezieres the adminis trative institutions of the department of Ardennes, has tribunals of first instance and of commerce, a chamber of commerce, and a board of trade-arbitrators. Its chief industries are metal-found ing, the manufacture of iron goods and the making of bricks. Brushes and clay pipes are also made.