Ardeni

Ardeni (fr. l’Ardenne, les Ardennes, od keltskog Arduenna, uzvišenje) su planine na jugoistoku Belgije i Luksemburgu, dok rubnim delovima pripadaju Nemačkoj (oblast Ajfel) i Francuskoj (departman Ardeni).

Ardeni su oblast starih, erodiranih planina i šumovitih brda. Kroz ovu oblast protiču reke Mozel, Sambr i Meza, koje teku ka dolini Rajne, odnosno ravnicama Holandije. Najviši vrh Ardena je na 652 metara nadmorske visine, dok je srednja visina 550 metara.

Oblast Ardena je slabo naseljena. Jedina dva veća grada (više od 50.000 stanovnika) su Vervije u Belgiji i Šarlvil Mezijer u Francuskoj.

Iako se ova planinska oblast smatrala nepovoljnom za vojne prodore, ovuda se nemačka vojska brzo prebacila u napadu na Francusku u oba svetska rata. U ovoj oblasti se odigrala bitka s kraja Drugog svetskog rata, poznata kao Bitka u Ardenima. To je bila poslednja nemačka kontraofanziva u ovom ratu. Trajala je od decembra 1944. do januara 1945. i završila se pobedom savezničkih trupa.

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