Arnicourt

Arnicourt
Entrance to the village
Arnicourt
Location within Grand Est region  Arnicourt
Coordinates: 49°33′20″N 4°21′00″E / 49.5556°N 4.35°ECoordinates: 49°33′20″N 4°21′00″E / 49.5556°N 4.35°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Rethel
Intercommunality	Pays Rethélois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Alain Samyn
Area^1	8.33 km^2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	164
• Density	20/km^2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	08021 / 08300
Elevation	72–147 m (236–482 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 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.

Arnicourt is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Geography

Arnicourt is located some 6 km north by north-west of Rethel and 8 km south-west of Novion-Porcien. Access to the commune is by the D10 road from Sorbon in the south passing through the commune and the village continuing to Sery in the north. The commune is entirely farmland with a small patch of forest in the north.^[1]

The Plumion river flows through the north of the commune from north to south-west joining the Rayee on the south-western border. The Rayee continues south-west forming a small part of the south-western border.^[1]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[1]

Administration

War Memorial

Rue Arnicourt

List of Successive Mayors^[2]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	Alain Samyn

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 164 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
365	357	384	390	399	419	423	418	422

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
-	-	418	400	354	354	335	315	285

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
279	256	209	159	165	166	156	99	138

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
119	111	101	107	130	139	154	164	-

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

Sites and monuments

• The Church of Saint-Médard.
• The Chateau of Arnicourt (18th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[3]

• 

  Church of Saint-Médard

• 

  Cross

• 

  Chateau of Arnicourt

Notable people linked to the commune

• Gérard Darrieu (1925-2004), actor.

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

• Arnicourt on the National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Arnicourt on Lion1906
• Arnicourt on Google Maps
• Arnicourt on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Arnicourt on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Arnicourt on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. 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. Google Maps
2. List of Mayors of France (French)
3. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA08000006 Church (French)