Arnicourt

Arnicourt (French pronunciation: [aʁnikuʁ]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Arnicourt
Commune
Entrance to the village
Location of Arnicourt
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Coordinates: 49°33′20″N 4°21′00″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Rethel
Intercommunality	CC Pays Rethélois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thomas Samyn
Area 1	8.33 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	152
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08021 /08300
Elevation	72–147 m (236–482 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Arnicourt is located some 6 km north by north-west of Rethel and 8 km south-west of Novion-Porcien. Access to the commune is by the D10 road from Sorbon in the south passing through the commune and the village continuing to Sery in the north. The commune is entirely farmland with a small patch of forest in the north.

The Plumion river flows through the north of the commune from north to south-west joining the Rayee on the south-western border. The Rayee continues south-west forming a small part of the south-western border.

Administration

War Memorial

Rue Arnicourt

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2020	Alain Samyn
2020	current	Thomas Samyn

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 157 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 365 —     1800 357 −0.32% 1806 384 +1.22% 1821 390 +0.10% 1831 399 +0.23% 1836 419 +0.98% 1841 423 +0.19% 1846 418 −0.24% 1851 422 +0.19% 1866 418 −0.06% 1872 400 −0.73% 1876 354 −3.01% 1881 354 +0.00% 1886 335 −1.10% 1891 315 −1.22% 1896 285 −1.98% 1901 279 −0.42%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 256 −1.71% 1911 209 −3.98% 1921 159 −2.70% 1926 165 +0.74% 1931 166 +0.12% 1936 156 −1.23% 1946 99 −4.45% 1954 138 +4.24% 1962 119 −1.83% 1968 111 −1.15% 1975 101 −1.34% 1982 107 +0.83% 1990 130 +2.46% 1999 139 +0.75% 2007 154 +1.29% 2012 166 +1.51% 2017 157 −1.11%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Sites and monuments

• The Church of Saint-Médard.
• The Chateau of Arnicourt (18th century) is registered as an historical monument.

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  Church of Saint-Médard
• 
  Cross
• 
  Chateau of Arnicourt

Notable people linked to the commune

• Gérard Darrieu (1925–2004), actor.

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

• Arnicourt on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Arnicourt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Arnicourt on the 1750 Cassini Map