Les Ayvelles

Les Ayvelles (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɛvɛl]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Les Ayvelles
Commune
The Fort of Ayvelles
Coat of arms
Location of Les Ayvelles
Les Ayvelles Show map of France Les Ayvelles Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 49°43′20″N 4°45′28″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Charleville-Mézières
Canton	Nouvion-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	CA Ardenne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Sylvia Tucci[1]
Area 1	5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	859
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08040 /08000
Elevation	143–210 m (469–689 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Les Ayvelles is located just 5 km south-east of Charleville-Mézières. Access to the commune is by road D764 from Villers-Semeuse in the north which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Flize in the south. The commune has large reservoirs in the east and a forest in the west (the Bois des Ayvelles) with the rest of the commune farmland.^[3]

The Meuse river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to Belgium. The Ruisseau du Pierge rises in the west of the commune and flows east to join the Meuse.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

Source:^[3]

Heraldry

Arms of Les Ayvelles

Blazon: Argent, a saltire Gules cantoned with, in chief and in base a lion Sable tongued and armed Gules, to dexter and sinister a mullet Sable pierced.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
1995	2008	Robert Binet
2008	2014	Jacques Bragantini
2014	current	Philippe Lebreton

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known both as Ayvelliens or Ayvelliennes as well as Ayvellois or Ayvelloises in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 120 —     1800 112 −0.98% 1806 141 +3.91% 1821 190 +2.01% 1831 315 +5.19% 1836 335 +1.24% 1841 335 +0.00% 1846 357 +1.28% 1851 349 −0.45% 1866 334 −0.29% 1872 342 +0.40% 1876 334 −0.59% 1881 370 +2.07% 1886 376 +0.32% 1891 449 +3.61% 1896 451 +0.09% 1901 447 −0.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 463 +0.71% 1911 542 +3.20% 1921 308 −5.49% 1926 349 +2.53% 1931 351 +0.11% 1936 340 −0.63% 1946 343 +0.09% 1954 393 +1.72% 1962 410 +0.53% 1968 418 +0.32% 1975 511 +2.91% 1982 603 +2.39% 1990 816 +3.85% 1999 769 −0.66% 2007 889 +1.83% 2012 975 +1.86% 2017 897 −1.65%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

The Fort of Ayvelles

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

• The Fort and Battery of Ayvelles. The Fort can be visited by appointment.

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint Rémi

The Parish Church of Saint Rémi contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Tombstone of Priest Ponce Guérin (1690)^[8]
• A Baptismal font (12th century)^[9]
• A Chalice with Paten (1750 and 1752)^[10]

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department