Sedan

Sedan, town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. It was a Protestant stronghold in the 16th and 17th cent., and a noted Calvinist academy was located there. Sedan was the site of the decisive French defeat (1870) in the Franco-Prussian War and the surrender of Napoleon III. The town saw heavy fighting in World War I and was the point of the first German breakthrough (1940) in the invasion of France in World War II.

Sedan may refer to:

Vehicles

• Sedan (car), a car/automobile with a specific body structure
• Sedan chair, English name for litter (vehicle), a human-powered, wheelless device for transport of persons
• Aeronca Sedan, a light aircraft

Places

France

• Sedan, France, in the Ardennes département, site of a fortress
• Battle of Sedan of 2 September 1870
• Sedantag (German: Day of Sedan), German Empire holiday celebrating victory in the battle
• CS Sedan Ardennes, the local French football clubAustralia
• Sedan, South AustraliaAzerbaijan
• SədanUnited States
• Sedan, Indiana
• Sedan, Kansas
• Sedan Township, Chautauqua County, Kansas
• Sedan, Minnesota
• Sedan, West Virginia

Miscellaneous

• Rolfe Sedan (1896-1982), American actor
• Sedan (nuclear test), a 1962 nuclear test in Nevada