Auboncourt-Vauzelles

Auboncourt-Vauzelles
View of the Village
Auboncourt-Vauzelles
Location within Grand Est region  Auboncourt-Vauzelles
Coordinates: 49°33′10″N 4°29′38″E / 49.5528°N 4.4939°ECoordinates: 49°33′10″N 4°29′38″E / 49.5528°N 4.4939°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Novion-Porcien
Intercommunality	Crêtes Préardennaises
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Benoît Carier
Area^1	5.4 km^2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	102
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	08027 / 08270
Elevation	86–127 m (282–417 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Auboncourt-Vauzelles is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Geography

Entrance to the village

Auboncourt-Vauzelles is located some 38 km south-west of Charleville-Mézières and 16 km north-east of Rethel. The A34 autoroute passes through the north-west of the commune but the nearest exit is Exit 14 some 6 km north of the commune. Access to the commune is by the D 951 road from Novy-Chevrières in the south-west which passes through the north-west of the commune and the hamlet of Vauzelles as it goes north to join the A34 autoroute at Exit 14. The D 14 road comes from Corny-Machéroménil in the north-west which passes through Vauzelles and the centre of the commune before continuing south to Faux. Access to the village is by small roads that run off the D 14 - the Chemin d'Auboncourt and the Chemin de la Fontaine. The commune is entirely farmland except for the fringe of the Bois d'Auboncourt forest in the north-east.^[1]

The Ruisseau de Saulces flows through the east of the commune and the village from north to south-east and continues to join the Aisne south of Amagne.^[1]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[1]

Administration

The Town Hall

The War Memorial

List of Successive Mayors^[2]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2008	Michel Hot
2008	2012	Armelle Malherbe
2012	2020	Benoît Carier

(Not all data is known)

Demography

The Lavoir (Public laundry

The Church

In 2010 the commune had 102 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
364	153	159	164	267	288	299	281	273

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
-	-	258	270	272	245	250	267	240

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
229	201	186	129	119	120	111	114	109

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
97	85	80	82	82	85	103	102	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

• Auboncourt-Vauzelles on the old IGN website (French)
• Auboncourt-Vauzelles on Google Maps
• Auboncourt-Vauzelles on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Auboncourt and Vauzelles on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Auboncourt-Vauzelles on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Google Maps
2. List of Mayors of France (French)