Auge, Ardennes

Auge

Entry to the village

Coat of arms
Auge

Coordinates: 49°51′41″N 4°16′15″E / 49.8614°N 4.2708°ECoordinates: 49°51′41″N 4°16′15″E / 49.8614°N 4.2708°E
Country France
Region Champagne-Ardenne
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Charleville-Mézières
Canton Signy-le-Petit
Intercommunality Ardennes Thiérache
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2020) Jean-Yves Chevanne
Area1 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population (2010)2 52
 • Density 12/km2 (30/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 08030 / 08380
Elevation 199–262 m (653–860 ft)
(avg. 250 m or 820 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.

Auge is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of north-eastern France.

Geography

Auge is located some 45 km west by north-west of Charleville-Mézières and 22 km east by south-east of Hirson. The western border of the commune is the border between the departments of Ardennes and Aisne. Access to the commune is by the European route E44 (D8043) from Hirson which passes through the north of the commune and continues east to Maubert-Fontaine. Access to the village is by either the Grande Rue or by the Ruelle de l'Eglise which both branch south from the E44. Apart from a band of forest on the south-eastern border (The Bois de Moirvaux) and some patches of forest in the south-west the commune is entirely farmland.[1]

Neighbouring communes and villages[1]

Toponymy

The name of the town was written Ogiae in 1112 in a privilege of Pope Paschal II to the Abbey of Saint-Nicaise in Reims and as Oggeium in a bull of Innocent II for the same monastery at Reims.[2]

History

This site has been on an ancient road between Mezieres and the North since Classical Antiquity. Gallo-Roman foundations, coins, and pieces of pottery have been found.[3]

Heraldry

 Blazon:

Party per bend sinister, at 1 Azure, three mullets of Or in orle; at 2 Gules, a cock of Or.

Administration

La tour du vent Farm
The Town Hall
The Lavoir (Public laundry)
the Church of Saint-Gorgery

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name Party Position
2001 2008 André Triplot
2008 2020 Jean-Yves Chevanne

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 52 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]

Evolution of the Population (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
148 147 78 145 158 160 177 183 232
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
- - 189 175 174 174 177 173 169
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
148 142 121 126 114 105 114 112 95
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
95 82 72 66 69 69 69 52 -

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

Sites and monuments

The Tombstone of Jacques de Corderand, his wife, and his son (18th century) in the Church of Saint-Gorgery is registered as an historical object.[5]

Notable people linked to the commune

Ardennes Red Turkey

See also

External links

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 in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Google Maps
  2. ↑ Auguste Longnon, Study on the pagi of Gaul, Honoré Champion, Paris, 1977, Reprint of the Paris edition of 1869. (French)
  3. ↑ Blaise Pichon, Archaeological Map of Gaul: 02. Aisne, Volume 2, 2003, p.292 (French)
  4. ↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
  5. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000032 Tombstone of Jacques de Corderand, his wife, and his son (French)
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