Annelles

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

Annelles
Commune
The Village
Coat of arms
Location of Annelles
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Coordinates: 49°25′43″N 4°25′12″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Château-Porcien
Intercommunality	Pays Rethélois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anne Cuif[1]
Area 1	12.31 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	130
• Density	11/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08014 /08310
Elevation	98–168 m (322–551 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Annelles is located some 10 km south-east of Rethel and 4 km north-east of Juniville. It can be accessed by the D25 road from Juniville which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues to Saulces-Champenoises in the north-east. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Annelles

The official status of the blazon is yet to be determined Blazon: Azure, a double-headed eagle of Or debruised by a crozier of Argent, in chief Gules charged with 3 annulets of Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1791	1807	Sulpice Tocut
1807	1816	Jean-Rémy Coutin
1816	1821	François Baudet
1821	1843	Jean-Rémy Coutin
1843	1843	Jean-Baptiste Desterbay
1843	1855	Alexandre-Louis Lescuyer		General Councillor
1856	1871	Maximillien Tocut
1871	1874	Jean-Baptiste Vilain
1874	1891	Jules-Armand Carré
1891	1898	Jean-Baptiste Fricotteau
1898		Joseph-Auguste Devaux
1995	2001	Dominique Tassot
2001	2014	Denis Fricotteau
2014	Current	Anne Cuif

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Annellois or Annelloises in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	95	—
1975	90	−0.77%
1982	89	−0.16%
1990	110	+2.68%
1999	118	+0.78%
2007	130	+1.22%
2012	138	+1.20%
2017	141	+0.43%
Source: INSEE[6]

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Church contains 3 Paintings: The Descent from the Cross, Christ and the Samaritan, and the Apparition of Madeleine (18th century) which are registered as historical objects.^[7]

The oldest families

From the 1600s onwards the most prominent families were: Rogelet, Mahaut, Desterbay, Thierard, Vuibert, Hinguerlot, Guillet, Micart, Carrelot, Bonnevie, Perinet, Detez, Coutin, Fricoteau, Tocut, Giot, Forest, Verdelet, Lacour, Misset, Bechard, Mayot, Fequant, Lambert, Guillemin, Prévoteau, Soibinet, Simon, Melin, and Gobron.

Notable people linked to the commune

• Jeanne Alexzandrine Pommery, born at Annelles on 13 April 1819 and died at Chigny-les-Roses (Marne) on 18 March 1890 was the founder of the House of Pommery, makers of Champagne wines.

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department