Avançon, Ardennes

Avançon
View of the Church, cemetery, and town hall
Coat of arms
Avançon
Location within Grand Est region  Avançon
Coordinates: 49°28′34″N 4°14′45″E / 49.4761°N 4.2458°ECoordinates: 49°28′34″N 4°14′45″E / 49.4761°N 4.2458°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Château-Porcien
Intercommunality	Pays rethélois
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Hubert Launois
Area^1	20.99 km^2 (8.10 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	328
• Density	16/km^2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	08038 / 08300
^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.

Avançon is a French commune in the Ardennes département in the Grand Est region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avançonnais or Avançonnaises.^[1]

Geography

Avançon is located some 10 km south-west of Rethel and 11 km east of Asfeld. Access to the commune is by the D18 road from Acy-Romance in the north-east which passes through the commune to the village near the centre then continues west to Blanzy-la-Salonnaise. The D26 road goes from the village north to Taizy. The D150 goes south-west from the village to Saint-Loup-en-Champagne. The commune is entirely farmland.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Heraldry

Blazon: Azure, a fleur-de-lis Argent between three mullets Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1793	1807	Rémy Tagnon
1807	1830	Guillaume Alexandre Monceau
1830	1839	Jean Trichet
1839	1843	Barthélémy Michelet
1843	1876	Jean Nicolas Rémy Legrand
1876	1892	Alexandre Paul Victor Koehler
1892	1912	Hubert Emmanuel Legros
1912	1919	Charles Eugène Michelet
1919	1921	Barthélémy Michelet
1921	1929	Edmond Désiré Lefevre
1929	1965	Rémy Achille Monceau
1965	1994	Bernard Edmond Lefevre
1994	2001	Marie-Hélène Michelet
2001	2014	Philippe Hourlier
2014	2020	Hubert Launois

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 328 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 communes that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
475	490	488	501	461	477	488	492	515

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
-	-	478	480	464	431	418	398	394

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
404	406	332	260	301	268	268	292	292

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
291	262	258	270	322	300	-	328	-

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

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

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

• The Church of Saint Remi (13th century)^[4] The Church contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • An Eagle Lectern (18th century)^[5]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Renée Mayot, medal engraver, born in 1947.

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

• Avançon on Mapquest (French)
• Avançon on the old IGN website (French)
• Avançon on Lion1906
• Avançon on Google Maps
• Avançon on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Avançon on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Avançon 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. Inhabitants of Ardennes (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00078338 Church of Saint Remi (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000039 Eagle Lectern (French)