Auge, Ardennes
Auge | |
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_city_limit_sign.JPG) Entry to the village | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Auge  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°51′41″N 4°16′15″E / 49.8614°N 4.2708°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mézières |
| Canton | Rocroi |
| Intercommunality | CC Ardennes Thiérache |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Yves Chevanne[1] |
| Area 1 | 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 58 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08030 /08380 |
| Elevation | 199–262 m (653–860 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Auge (French pronunciation: [oʒ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
Geography[edit]
Auge is located some 45 km west by north-west of Charleville-Mézières and 22 km east by south-east of Hirson. The western border of the commune is the border between the departments of Ardennes and Aisne. Access to the commune is by the European route E44 (D 8043) from Hirson which passes through the north of the commune and continues east to Maubert-Fontaine. Access to the village is by either the Grande Rue or by the Ruelle de l'Église which both branch south from the E44. Apart from a band of forest on the south-eastern border (The Bois de Moirvaux) and some patches of forest in the south-west the commune is entirely farmland.[3]
Neighbouring communes and villages[edit]
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Toponymy[edit]
The name of the town was written Ogiae in 1112 in a privilege of Pope Paschal II to the Abbey of Saint-Nicaise in Reims and as Oggeium in a bull of Innocent II for the same monastery at Reims.[4]
History[edit]
This site has been on an ancient road between Mézières and the North since Classical Antiquity. Gallo-Roman foundations, coins, and pieces of pottery have been found.[5]
Heraldry[edit]
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Blazon: Party per bend sinister, at 1 Azure, three mullets of Or in orle; at 2 Gules, a cock of Or.
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Administration[edit]
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List of Successive Mayors[6]
| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2008 | André Triplot |
| 2008 | current | Jean-Yves Chevanne |
Demography[edit]
In 2017 the commune had 60 inhabitants.
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Sites and monuments[edit]
The Tombstone of Jacques de Corderand, his wife, and his son (18th century)
in the Church of Saint-Gorgery is registered as an historical object.[9]
Notable people linked to the commune[edit]
- Jean-Michel Devresse, a farmer at Auge, relaunched livestock farming of Ardennes Red Turkeys (Dindon rouge des Ardennes) in 1985, so that this species would not disappear.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Google Maps
- ^ Auguste Longnon, Study on the pagi of Gaul, Honoré Champion, Paris, 1977, Reprint of the Paris edition of 1869. (in French)
- ^ Blaise Pichon, Archaeological Map of Gaul: 02. Aisne, Volume 2, 2003, p.292 (in French)
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Auge, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000032 Tombstone of Jacques de Corderand, his wife, and his son (in French)
External links[edit]
- Auge on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Auge on the 1750 Cassini Map
