Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles

Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles (French pronunciation: [aʁdœj e mɔ̃foksɛl]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles
The Town Hall
The Town Hall
Location of Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles
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Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles is located in France
Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles
Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles
Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles is located in Grand Est
Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles
Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles
Coordinates: 49°16′08″N 4°42′27″E / 49.2689°N 4.7075°E / 49.2689; 4.7075
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementVouziers
CantonAttigny
IntercommunalityArgonne Ardennaise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Fabrice Marchand[1]
Area
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4.28 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
77
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08018 /08400
Elevation109–179 m (358–587 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles is located 25 km south of Vouziers and 16 km east by north-east of Sommepy-Tahure on the border with the Marne department, which border forms the southern border of the commune. Access is by road D6 from Manre in the west, passing through the commune and the village before continuing east to Montcheutin. The smaller D121 road goes from the village north-east to join the D21 south-east of Challerange. Apart from the two villages of Ardeuil and Montfauxelles the commune is entirely farmland.[3]

The Allin river flows through the commune from west to north-east. It joins the Aisne river at Brécy-Brières.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name
1995 2014 Denis Noizet
2014 2020 Georges Pincon
2020 current Fabrice Marchand

Demography

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ardeuillais or Ardeuillaises in French.[5] The population data given in the table and graph below for 1821 and earlier refer to the former commune of Ardeuil.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 91—    
1800 102+1.64%
1806 96−1.01%
1821 109+0.85%
1831 213+6.93%
1836 215+0.19%
1841 202−1.24%
1846 191−1.11%
1851 192+0.10%
1866 201+0.31%
1872 172−2.56%
1876 160−1.79%
1881 166+0.74%
1886 176+1.18%
1891 173−0.34%
1896 170−0.35%
1901 164−0.72%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 181+1.99%
1911 144−4.47%
1921 81−5.59%
1926 124+8.89%
1931 138+2.16%
1936 132−0.89%
1946 121−0.87%
1954 143+2.11%
1962 143+0.00%
1968 120−2.88%
1975 91−3.87%
1982 89−0.32%
1990 91+0.28%
1999 76−1.98%
2007 89+1.99%
2012 83−1.39%
2017 68−3.91%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]
 
Entrance to Ardeuil
 
The War Memorial
 
The Church

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France
  5. ^ Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes, habitants.fr
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ardeuil-et-Montfauxelles, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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