Les Autels

Les Autels (French pronunciation: [le.z‿otɛl]) is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Les Autels
Commune
Location of Les Autels
Les Autels Les Autels
Coordinates: 49°45′51″N 4°13′33″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Vervins
Canton	Vervins
Intercommunality	Portes de la Thiérache
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Halle
Area 1	5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	62
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02038 /02360
Elevation	178–260 m (584–853 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Les Autels is located some 35 km west of Charleville-Mézières and 10 km south of Aubenton. The northern and eastern borders of the commune are the departmental border between Aisne and Ardennes. Access to the commune is by the D1100 road from Brunehamel in the west which passes through the village and continues south to join the D530 south of the village. The D530 goes north in the commune changing to the D10B at the border and continues north to Blanchefosse-et-Bay. Apart from the village there is also the hamlet of Haut-Chemin south of the village. The commune is mostly farmland with some scattered forests.

The Ruisseau du Moulin Bataille flows through the north of the commune towards the southwest forming part of the western border before continuing south to join the Serre near Mainbresson. An unnamed stream rises near the village and flows southwest to join the Ruisseau du Moulin Bataille.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	incumbent	Eric Halle

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 57 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 319 —     1800 371 +2.18% 1806 414 +1.84% 1821 447 +0.51% 1831 517 +1.47% 1836 549 +1.21% 1841 563 +0.50% 1846 554 −0.32% 1851 533 −0.77% 1856 490 −1.67% 1861 488 −0.08% 1866 450 −1.61% 1872 431 −0.72% 1876 410 −1.24% 1881 377 −1.66% 1886 358 −1.03% 1891 325 −1.92% 1896 294 −1.98%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 241 −3.90% 1906 248 +0.57% 1911 235 −1.07% 1921 190 −2.10% 1926 189 −0.11% 1931 180 −0.97% 1936 180 +0.00% 1946 168 −0.69% 1954 140 −2.25% 1962 146 +0.53% 1968 146 +0.00% 1975 118 −3.00% 1982 89 −3.95% 1990 99 +1.34% 1999 74 −3.18% 2007 75 +0.17% 2012 75 +0.00% 2017 57 −5.34%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Countryside in Les Autels

The Town Hall

The Rural Hall

Sites and monuments

• The Church of Saint-Nicolas
• The War Memorial
• The Lavoir (Public laundry)

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  The Church grounds
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  The Chevet of the Church of Saint-Nicolas
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  The Statue of Saint Nicolas in the church
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  Stained glass window of Saint Genevieve
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  Stained glass window
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  The Altar
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  Statue of Christ in the church
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  A Wayside Cross
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  The Nave
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  The War Memorial
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  The Lavoir

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

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