Rethel is a commune of northeastern France, in the Ardennes département, of which it is a sous-préfecture.

Miscellaneous

Rethel was the birthplace of:

• Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788-1868), geologist and antiquary
• Louis Christophe François Hachette (1800-1864), publisher.

See also

• L'Ardennais, an automobile manufactured in Rethel from 1901 to around 1903.