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Commune in Grand Est, France
Arreux
Commune
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Location of Arreux
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Coordinates: 49°49′32″N 4°39′09″E / 49.8256°N 4.6525°E / 49.8256; 4.6525
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementCharleville-Mézières
CantonCharleville-Mézières-2
IntercommunalityArdenne Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) Agnès Henon
Area4.23 km (1.63 sq mi)
Population342
 • Density81/km (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code08022 /08090
Elevation246 m (807 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arreux (French pronunciation: [aʁø]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.

Geography

Entrance to the village
The Town Hall
The War Memorial

Arreux is located in a hilly area on the edge of The Ardennes some 9 km north-west of Charleville-Mézières and 3 km east by south-east of Renwez. Access to the commune is by road D22 from Montcornet in the west passing through the village and continuing east to Nouzonville. The D22 also forms the south-eastern border of the commune. Some two thirds of the commune is heavily forested - especially in the east, with some farmland around the village.

The Ruisseau du Fond d'Arreux forms the north eastern and north-western border of the commune as it flows around the commune and then away to the south-west. A stream rises south of the village and flows north to join the Ruisseau du Fond d'Arreux.

Toponymy

According to Ernest Nègre the name Arreux comes from aridus meaning "arid".

Heraldry

Arms of Arreux
Arms of Arreux
 Blazon:

Quarterly, 1 of Vert a tête de Chèvre erased of Argent; 2 of Argent two hammers Vert posed saltirewise; 3 of Argent a garb of 3 ears of wheat Vert; 4 of Vert a wolf's head erased of Argent.



Administration

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2021)

List of Successive Mayors

From To Name
1965 1972 Louis Savary de Beauregard
1972 1983 Robert Remacly
1983 2001 Yves Doe
2001 2020 Robert Colson
2020 current Emmanuel Roussel

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Cabres in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 220—    
1800 234+0.89%
1806 232−0.14%
1821 248+0.45%
1831 303+2.02%
1836 307+0.26%
1841 306−0.07%
1846 278−1.90%
1851 282+0.29%
1866 306+0.55%
1872 321+0.80%
1876 338+1.30%
1881 353+0.87%
1886 384+1.70%
1891 346−2.06%
1896 350+0.23%
1901 316−2.02%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 230−6.16%
1911 225−0.44%
1921 233+0.35%
1926 228−0.43%
1931 212−1.44%
1936 224+1.11%
1946 153−3.74%
1954 211+4.10%
1962 205−0.36%
1968 199−0.49%
1975 195−0.29%
1982 256+3.96%
1990 297+1.87%
1999 320+0.83%
2007 363+1.59%
2012 346−0.95%
2017 324−1.31%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Sites and monuments

  • The Church of Saint Lambert from 1811
  • The Chateau of Arreux (private property). The old Chateau of Arreux, shown in the Album of Croy, has not left any traces.
  • A Lavoir (public laundry) transformed into a library
  • The Church of Saint Lambert The Church of Saint Lambert
  • Lateral view of the church Lateral view of the church
  • The oratory of the chapel The oratory of the chapel
  • The old Lavoir converted to a library The old Lavoir converted to a library
  • A cross with the commune Arms A cross with the commune Arms

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Arreux in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  4. Google Maps
  5. Ernest Nègre, General Toponymy of France, 1990, Librairie Droz, Vol. 1, 710 pages, p. 325, ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7, Read online (in French)
  6. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  7. Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes, habitants.fr
  8. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arreux, EHESS (in French).
  9. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Places adjacent to Arreux
Montcornet Sécheval Bogny-sur-Meuse
Lonny Arreux Joigny-sur-Meuse
Tournes Houldizy Nouzonville
Communes of the Ardennes department
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