Artaise-le-Vivier

Artaise-le-Vivier
Commune
Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Artaise-le-Vivier
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Coordinates: 49°34′03″N 4°53′27″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Sedan
Canton	Vouziers
Intercommunality	CC Portes Luxembourg
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabien Warzée
Area 1	8.47 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	64
• Density	7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08023 /08390
Elevation	205 m (673 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Artaise-le-Vivier (French pronunciation: [aʁtɛz lə vivje]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Ardennes region of northern France.

Geography

Artaise-le-Vivier is located some 25 km south-east of Charleville-Mézières and 15 km south by south-west of Sedan. Access to the commune is by the D24 road from Chémery-sur-Bar in the north-west passing through the commune and the village and continuing to join the D30 south-east of the commune. The D324 road also comes by an indirect route from La Neuville-à-Maire in the west to the village. The southern quarter of the commune is forested with the rest farmland.

The Ruisseau de Terron with its tributaries rises in the south of the commune and flows north-west forming part of the western border before continuing north-west to join the Bar near Malmy. The Ruisseau de Charlier forms part of the eastern border of the commune before flowing west through the centre to join the Ruisseau de Terron on the western border.

Heraldry

Arms of Artaise-le-Vivier

Blazon: Azure, two sceptres of Or saltirewise between in chief a crosslet the same, between in base an inescutcheon Gules, 3 fesses of Or.

Administration

Entry to the village

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Claude Singlit
2008	2014	Thierry Warzée
2014	current	Fabien Warzée

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 66 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 265 —     1800 318 +2.64% 1806 374 +2.74% 1821 352 −0.40% 1831 360 +0.22% 1836 381 +1.14% 1841 378 −0.16% 1846 391 +0.68% 1851 376 −0.78% 1866 413 +0.63% 1872 388 −1.04% 1876 389 +0.06% 1881 345 −2.37% 1886 315 −1.80% 1891 279 −2.40% 1896 252 −2.02% 1901 226 −2.15%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 233 +0.61% 1911 186 −4.41% 1921 152 −2.00% 1926 150 −0.26% 1931 121 −4.21% 1936 117 −0.67% 1946 71 −4.87% 1954 95 +3.71% 1962 87 −1.09% 1968 85 −0.39% 1975 72 −2.34% 1982 68 −0.81% 1990 49 −4.01% 1999 55 +1.29% 2007 62 +1.51% 2012 59 −0.99% 2017 66 +2.27%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Sites and monuments

The fortified house of Raminoise

• The Church of Saint-Georges contains a Statue of Saint Georges (18th century) which is registered as an historical object.
• The Raminoise fortified house

Picture Gallery

• 
  The church
• 
  Entrance to the church
• 
  Artaise water tower
• 
  Le Vivier water tower
• 
  The calvary
• 
  Wayside Cross
• 
  Wayside Cross
• 
  The War Memorial
• 
  School bus stop

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

• Artaise-le-Vivier on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• 3 Cantons official website (in French)
• Artaise-le-Vivier on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Artaife and le Vivier on the 1750 Cassini Map