Avançon, Ardennes

Avançon (French pronunciation: [avɑ̃sɔ̃]) is a commune in the Ardennes département in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Avançon
View of the Church, cemetery, and town hall
View of the Church, cemetery, and town hall
Coat of arms of Avançon
Location of Avançon
Avançon is located in France
Avançon
Avançon
Avançon is located in Grand Est
Avançon
Avançon
Coordinates: 49°28′34″N 4°14′45″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementRethel
CantonChâteau-Porcien
IntercommunalityPays Rethélois
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Yvan Lefevre[1]
Area
1
20.99 km2 (8.10 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
340
  Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08038 /08300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avançonnais or Avançonnaises.[3]

Geography

Avançon is located some 10 km south-west of Rethel and 11 km east of Asfeld. Access to the commune is by the D18 road from Acy-Romance in the north-east which passes through the commune to the village near the centre then continues west to Blanzy-la-Salonnaise. The D26 road goes from the village north to Taizy. The D150 goes south-west from the village to Saint-Loup-en-Champagne. The commune is entirely farmland.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Avançon, Ardennes
Arms of Avançon, Ardennes
Blazon:

Azure, a fleur-de-lis Argent between three mullets Or.



Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToName
17931807Rémy Tagnon
18071830Guillaume Alexandre Monceau
18301839Jean Trichet
18391843Barthélémy Michelet
18431876Jean Nicolas Rémy Legrand
18761892Alexandre Paul Victor Koehler
18921912Hubert Emmanuel Legros
19121919Charles Eugène Michelet
19191921Barthélémy Michelet
19211929Edmond Désiré Lefevre
19291965Rémy Achille Monceau
19651994Bernard Edmond Lefevre
19942001Marie-Hélène Michelet
20012014Philippe Hourlier
20142020Hubert Launois
2020currentYvan Lefevre

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 313 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 475    
1800 490+0.45%
1806 488−0.07%
1821 501+0.18%
1831 461−0.83%
1836 477+0.68%
1841 488+0.46%
1846 492+0.16%
1851 515+0.92%
1866 478−0.50%
1872 480+0.07%
1876 464−0.84%
1881 431−1.46%
1886 418−0.61%
1891 398−0.98%
1896 394−0.20%
1901 404+0.50%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 406+0.10%
1911 332−3.94%
1921 260−2.41%
1926 301+2.97%
1931 268−2.30%
1936 268+0.00%
1946 292+0.86%
1954 292+0.00%
1962 291−0.04%
1968 262−1.73%
1975 258−0.22%
1982 270+0.65%
1990 322+2.23%
1999 300−0.78%
2007 318+0.73%
2012 308−0.64%
2017 313+0.32%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

  • The Church of Saint Remi (13th century)[8] The Church contains one item that is registered as an historical object:

Notable people linked to the commune

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Inhabitants of Ardennes (in French)
  4. Google Maps
  5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Avançon, EHESS (in French).
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00078338 Church of Saint Remi (in French)
  9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000039 Eagle Lectern (in French)
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