Auflance

Ruins of the chateau

Coat of arms

Auflance

Location within Grand Est region

Auflance

Coordinates: 49°37′11″N 5°17′31″E / 49.6197°N 5.2919°ECoordinates: 49°37′11″N 5°17′31″E / 49.6197°N 5.2919°E

Country

Carignan

Trois Cantons

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Sabrina Thiébault

Area¹

6.16 km² (2.38 sq mi)

Population (2010)²

• Density

14/km² (36/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

08029 / 08370

Elevation

176–281 m (577–922 ft)
(avg. 193 m or 633 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Auflance is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Geography

Auflance is located on the frontier of Belgium along its eastern border some 38 km east by south-east of Sedan and 17 km north-west of Montmédy. Access to the commune is by the D17 road from Puilly-et-Charbeaux in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Sapogne-sur-Marche in the south-east. A small country road crosses the Belgian border and goes to Villers-Devant-Orval. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.^[1]

The Marche river forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows south-west to join the Chiers near Margut. The Paquis river passes through the centre of the commune from north-west to south-east where it joins the Marche on the border of the commune. The Coquerte flows from the north in the west to the commune to join the Paquis.^[1]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[1]

Auflance

Fromy

Moiry

Sapogne-sur-Marche

Heraldry

	Blazon: Or, a bend of Sable charged with 3 Fleurs-de-lis Argent posed in bend côtoyée with 2 bendlets of Sable; in chief Gules.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[2]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Michèle Delgoffe
2014	2020	Sabrina Thiébault

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 85 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
276	261	247	291	276	317	331	333	340

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
-	-	288	279	273	260	287	252	252

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
238	220	220	176	136	126	114	117	125

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
130	134	105	100	104	91	88	85	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

A Haferrequisition at Auflance in 1871 from Die Gartenlaube (The Gazebo)

Sites and monuments

The round tower

Underground tunnel

Remains of the Chateau

The Chateau of Auflance (17th century) is registered as a historical monument.^[3] In the 17th century the Custine family came to settle in this border commune. They built a castle of which only a few vestiges remain: a round tower, underground tunnels, and a remarkable Renaissance door decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by a Pietà.
In the Church the Funeral Chapel of the Custines has a hallway decorated with coats of arms which were made during the French Revolution
The Saints of Auflance Chapel from the 13th century has 13 statues which have been stored out of fear of theft. These statues of the Saints of Auflance are registered as historical objects.^[4]

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1 2 3 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00078556 Chateau of Auflance (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000031 13 Statues: Saints of Auflance (French)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Auflance.

Auflance on the old IGN website (French)
Auflance on Google Maps
Auflance on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
Aufflance on the 1750 Cassini Map
Auflance on the INSEE website (French)
INSEE (French)

Communes of the Ardennes department

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Auflance

Geography

Neighbouring communes and villages[1]

Heraldry

Administration

Demography

Sites and monuments

See also

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

Neighbouring communes and villages^[1]