Autry

For people named Autry, see Autry (name).

Autry (French pronunciation: [otʁi]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Autry
Commune
The Lavoir (Public laundry) in Autry
Coat of arms
Location of Autry
Autry Show map of France Autry Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 49°16′09″N 4°50′16″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Vouziers
Canton	Attigny
Intercommunality	CC Argonne Ardennaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Boxebeld[1]
Area 1	16.34 km2 (6.31 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	95
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08036 /08250
Elevation	110–168 m (361–551 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 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 Autryens or Autryennes.^[3]

Geography

Entrance to the village

Autry is located some 50 km east of Reims and 25 km north by north-west of Sainte-Menehould. The southern border of the commune is the departmental boundary between Ardennes and Marne. Access to the commune is by road D21 from Challerange in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Binarville in the south-east after changing to the D63 at the departmental border. The D218 goes west from the village to Bouconville and the D41 goes north-east to Lançon. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of La Gare in the west. Large areas of the commune are forested, especially in the west, and there is a large fish farm in the east. The rest of the commune is farmland.^[4]

The Aisne river forms part of the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north then west to the village then north again as it continues its journey to join the Oise at Compiègne. The Dormoise flows from the south-west to join the Aisne in the commune. The Remy Galere rises on the northern border and flows east to join the Aisne forming part of the northern border.^[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Autry

Blazon: Bendy of Or and Gules.

Administration

The Town Hall

A Wayside Cross in Autry

List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name
1995	2014	Jean-Pierre Boure
2014	current	Pascal Boxebeld

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 117 inhabitants.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 562 —     1800 658 +2.28% 1806 631 −0.70% 1821 666 +0.36% 1831 651 −0.23% 1836 678 +0.82% 1841 672 −0.18% 1846 679 +0.21% 1851 657 −0.66% 1866 578 −0.85% 1872 552 −0.76% 1876 522 −1.39% 1881 547 +0.94% 1886 529 −0.67% 1891 477 −2.05% 1896 456 −0.90% 1901 449 −0.31%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 454 +0.22% 1911 483 +1.25% 1921 371 −2.60% 1926 315 −3.22% 1931 257 −3.99% 1936 251 −0.47% 1946 254 +0.12% 1954 267 +0.63% 1962 233 −1.69% 1968 187 −3.60% 1975 156 −2.56% 1982 141 −1.43% 1990 133 −0.73% 1999 127 −0.51% 2007 147 +1.84% 2012 136 −1.54% 2017 117 −2.96%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Culture and heritage

The church at Autry

Civil heritage

The commune has one structure that is registered as an historical monument:

• A Flour Mill (20th century)^[8]

Another site of interest

• Around the church in the village there are traces of a medieval fortification system.^[9]

• 
  Inside the Lavoir
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  Inside the Lavoir
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  The village and the church
• 
  A Shrine
• 
  Chapel of Mary
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  The Chapel of Saint Lambert
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  The War Memorial

Notable people linked to the commune

• Louis Marie Alphonse Depuiset (1822-1886), Entomologist.

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department