Les Alleux
Les Alleux (French pronunciation: [le.z‿alø]) is a former commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Bairon et ses environs.[2]
Les Alleux | |
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Part of Bairon et ses environs | |
 The entrance to the village | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Les Alleux | |
  Les Alleux  Les Alleux | |
| Coordinates: 49°28′17″N 4°44′20″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Vouziers |
| Canton | Vouziers |
| Commune | Bairon et ses environs |
| Area 1 | 12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 77 |
| • Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 08400 |
| Elevation | 133–209 m (436–686 ft) (avg. 207 m or 679 ft) |
| 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 Alleusiens or Alleusiennes, or alternatively Alleutiers or Alleutières.[3]
Geography
Les Alleux is some 30 km (19 mi) east of Rethel and 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Vouziers. The commune can be accessed by the D977 road from Vouziers in the south passing through the commune to the east of the village and continuing to Le Chesne in the north. Access to the village is by the D23 road from Voncq in the west and continuing north to join the D977 inside the commune. Most of the east and west of the commune are forested with the central part farmland.[4]
An unnamed stream rises south of the village and flows north-west to join the Ruisseau des Graquinettes just west of the commune.[4]
Neighbouring communes and villages[4]
Places adjacent to Les Alleux | |
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Heraldry
Arms of Les Alleux |
Blazon: Gules, a chevron of Or accompanied in chief by two arrows of Argent in pale and in base by a crescent the same; in chief overall Azure charged with three mullets of Or.
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Administration
List of Successive Mayors[5]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1995 | 2001 | Francis Ledig |
| 2001 | 2014 | Joël Gobert |
| 2014 | 2016 | Guillaume Queval |
Demography
In 2012 the commune had 81 inhabitants.
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French Decorations
- Croix de Guerre 1914-1918: 9 March 1921
Sites and Monuments
The War Memorial
The crossroads of the D977 and the D23
A house in Les Alleux
The Town Hall
The Church of Alleux
The entrance to the church
Memorial to June 1940
Memorial to the counter-offensive of 9–10 June 1940
Tomb of the Rivals de la Salle family, owners of the Chateau of Maison-Rouge in 1853
Tomb of the Rivals de la Salle family detail
The road to Vouziers
The bus shleter for the Abribus
Notable people linked to the commune
- Tristan de Villelongue (1562-1631) was a doctor of theology, councillor of state and a preacher for Henry IV
See also
External links
References
- Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2015 (in French)
- Inhabitants of Ardennes (in French)
- Google Maps
- List of Mayors of France
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Alleux, EHESS (in French).
- Populations légales 2012, INSEE
