Sorbon | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Sorbon.svg |
Arrondissement: | Rethel |
Canton: | Rethel |
Insee: | 08427 |
Postal Code: | 08300 |
Mayor: | Benoît Willemet[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 49.5397°N 4.3553°W |
Elevation M: | 120 |
Area Km2: | 14.43 |
Sorbon (in French pronounced as /sɔʁbɔ̃/) is a commune of the Ardennes department in northern France.
It was the birthplace of Robert de Sorbon, (1201–1274), who was a chaplain and Confessor to King Louis IX of France, as well as the founder of the Sorbonne, the University of Paris.