Autrecourt-et-Pourron

Autrecourt-et-Pourron (French pronunciation: [otʁəkuʁ e puʁɔ̃]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Autrecourt-et-Pourron
Commune
The Church of Saint-Victor
Coat of arms
Location of Autrecourt-et-Pourron
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Coordinates: 49°36′46″N 5°01′50″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Sedan
Canton	Carignan
Intercommunality	CC Portes Luxembourg
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Brice Parisot
Area 1	12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	334
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08034 /08210
Elevation	154–312 m (505–1,024 ft) (avg. 165 m or 541 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Autrecourt-et-Pourron is located some 19 km south-east of Sedan and 6 km north-west of Mouzon. Access to the commune is by the D4 road from Remilly-Aillicourt in the north which passes through the commune and the village and continues south to join the D30 west of Beaumont-en-Argonne. The D27 road branches east off the D6 just north of Raucourt-et-Flaba and passes through the commune and the village before continuing south-east to join the D19 west of Mouzon. A railway line passes through the village but there is no station with the nearest station at Mouzon. West of the village the commune has large areas of forest but the east and south are mostly farmland.

The Meuse river forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west. The Ruisseau de Brouhan rises towards the west of the commune and flows east through the village to join the Meuse. The Ruisseau de Yoncq forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the Meuse.

Heraldry

Arms of Autrecourt-et-Pourron

Blazon: Or, a bend sinister charged with three mullets of 6 points of Argent, debruised in chief by a crescent of Gules and in base by an Oak leaf of Vert posed in bend sinister.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Raymond le Ferrand
2008	2020	Alain Alexandre
2020	current	Brice Parisot

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Autrecourtois or Autrecourtoises in French. The population data given in the table and graph below for 1821 and earlier refer to the former commune of Autrecourt.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 535 —     1800 604 +1.75% 1806 663 +1.57% 1821 640 −0.24% 1831 907 +3.55% 1836 995 +1.87% 1841 906 −1.86% 1846 906 +0.00% 1851 872 −0.76% 1866 894 +0.17% 1872 916 +0.41% 1876 851 −1.82% 1881 725 −3.15% 1886 861 +3.50% 1891 615 −6.51% 1896 641 +0.83% 1901 567 −2.42%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 472 −3.60% 1911 474 +0.08% 1921 376 −2.29% 1926 439 +3.15% 1931 413 −1.21% 1936 412 −0.05% 1946 357 −1.42% 1954 468 +3.44% 1962 472 +0.11% 1968 483 +0.38% 1975 442 −1.26% 1982 442 +0.00% 1990 383 −1.77% 1999 350 −1.00% 2007 348 −0.07% 2012 349 +0.06% 2017 342 −0.40%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has two buildings that are registered as historical monuments:

• A former Arms Factory (1787)
• A former Chateau (17th century)

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint-Victor contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Credence Table (18th century)
• The Altar, Retable, and Painting: Saint John the Baptist (19th century)

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

• Autrecourt-et-Pourron on the old IGN website (in French)
• Autrecourt-et-Pourron on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Auirecourt on the 1750 Cassini Map