Les Ayvelles
Les Ayvelles | |
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 The Fort of Ayvelles | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Les Ayvelles  | |
  Les Ayvelles  Les Ayvelles | |
| Coordinates: 49°43′20″N 4°45′28″E / 49.7222°N 4.7578°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mézières |
| Canton | Nouvion-sur-Meuse |
| Intercommunality | CA Ardenne Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Sylvia Tucci[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 870 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08040 /08000 |
| Elevation | 143–210 m (469–689 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Ayvelles (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɛvɛl]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
Geography
[edit]Les Ayvelles is located just 5 km south-east of Charleville-Mézières. Access to the commune is by road D764 from Villers-Semeuse in the north which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Flize in the south. The commune has large reservoirs in the east and a forest in the west (the Bois des Ayvelles) with the rest of the commune farmland.[3]
The Meuse river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to Belgium. The Ruisseau du Pierge rises in the west of the commune and flows east to join the Meuse.[3]
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Heraldry
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Blazon: Argent, a saltire Gules cantoned with, in chief and in base a lion Sable tongued and armed Gules, to dexter and sinister a mullet Sable pierced.
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Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1995 | 2008 | Robert Binet |
| 2008 | 2014 | Jacques Bragantini |
| 2014 | current | Philippe Lebreton |
Demography
[edit]The inhabitants of the commune are known both as Ayvelliens or Ayvelliennes as well as Ayvellois or Ayvelloises in French.[5]
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Culture and heritage
[edit]Civil heritage
[edit]- The Fort and Battery of Ayvelles. The Fort can be visited by appointment.
Religious heritage
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The Parish Church of Saint Rémi contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
- The Tombstone of Priest Ponce Guérin (1690)
[8] - A Baptismal font (12th century)[9]
- A Chalice with Paten (1750 and 1752)[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Ayvelles, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000042 Tombstone of Priest Ponce Guérin (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000041 Baptismal font (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000675 Chalice with Paten (in French)
External links
[edit]- Les Ayvelles on the old IGN website (in French)
- Les Ayvelles on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- les G-des-Ayvelles on the 1750 Cassini Map
