Les Alleux (French pronunciation: [le.z‿alø]) is a former commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Bairon et ses environs.[2]

Les Alleux
The entrance to the village
The entrance to the village
Coat of arms of Les Alleux
Location of Les Alleux
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Les Alleux is located in France
Les Alleux
Les Alleux
Les Alleux is located in Grand Est
Les Alleux
Les Alleux
Coordinates: 49°28′17″N 4°44′20″E / 49.4714°N 4.7389°E / 49.4714; 4.7389
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementVouziers
CantonVouziers
CommuneBairon et ses environs
Area
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12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
77
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
08400
Elevation133–209 m (436–686 ft)
(avg. 207 m or 679 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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Les Alleux is some 30 km (19 mi) east of Rethel and 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Vouziers. The commune can be accessed by the D977 road from Vouziers in the south passing through the commune to the east of the village and continuing to Le Chesne in the north. Access to the village is by the D23 road from Voncq in the west and continuing north to join the D977 inside the commune. Most of the east and west of the commune are forested with the central part farmland.[3]

An unnamed stream rises south of the village and flows north-west to join the Ruisseau des Graquinettes just west of the commune.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

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Heraldry

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Arms of Les Alleux
Blazon:

Gules, a chevron of Or accompanied in chief by two arrows of Argent in pale and in base by a crescent the same; in chief overall Azure charged with three mullets of Or.



Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name
1995 2001 Francis Ledig
2001 2014 Joël Gobert
2014 2016 Guillaume Queval

Demography

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alleusiens or Alleusiennes, or alternatively Alleutiers or Alleutières in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 231—    
1800 315+4.53%
1806 317+0.11%
1821 335+0.37%
1831 408+1.99%
1836 437+1.38%
1841 442+0.23%
1846 433−0.41%
1851 425−0.37%
1866 407−0.29%
1872 460+2.06%
1876 427−1.84%
1881 425−0.09%
1886 417−0.38%
1891 361−2.84%
1896 387+1.40%
1901 376−0.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 334−2.34%
1911 288−2.92%
1921 231−2.18%
1926 201−2.74%
1931 214+1.26%
1936 160−5.65%
1946 170+0.61%
1954 167−0.22%
1962 166−0.08%
1968 125−4.62%
1975 102−2.86%
1982 69−5.43%
1990 72+0.53%
1999 63−1.47%
2007 79+2.87%
2012 81+0.50%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

French Decorations

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Sites and Monuments

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Notable people linked to the commune

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  • Tristan de Villelongue (1562-1631) was a doctor of theology, councillor of state and a preacher for Henry IV

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2015 (in French)
  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 Les Alleux, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE