Arreux

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

Arreux
Commune
View of the village
Coat of arms
Location of Arreux
Arreux
Arreux
Coordinates: 49°49′32″N 4°39′09″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementCharleville-Mézières
CantonCharleville-Mézières-2
IntercommunalityArdenne Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Robert Colson
Area
1
4.23 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
324
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08022 /08090
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Cabres[2]

The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[3]

Geography
Entrance to the village
The Town Hall
The War Memorial

Arreux is located in a hilly area on the edge of The Ardennes some 9 km north-west of Charleville-Mézières and 3 km east by south-east of Renwez. Access to the commune is by road D22 from Montcornet in the west passing through the village and continuing east to Nouzonville. The D22 also forms the south-eastern border of the commune. Some two thirds of the commune is heavily forested - especially in the east, with some farmland around the village.[4]

The Ruisseau du Fond d'Arreux forms the north eastern and north-western border of the commune as it flows around the commune and then away to the south-west. A stream rises south of the village and flows north to join the Ruisseau du Fond d'Arreux.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

According to Ernest Nègre the name Arreux comes from aridus meaning "arid".[5]

Heraldry
Arms of Arreux
 Blazon:

Quarterly, 1 of Vert a tête de Chèvre erased of Argent; 2 of Argent two hammers Vert posed saltirewise; 3 of Argent a garb of 3 ears of wheat Vert; 4 of Vert a wolf's head erased of Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[6]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19651972Louis Savary de Beauregard
19721983Robert Remacly
19832001Yves Doe
20012020Robert Colson

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 324 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 220—    
1800 234+0.89%
1806 232−0.14%
1821 248+0.45%
1831 303+2.02%
1836 307+0.26%
1841 306−0.07%
1846 278−1.90%
1851 282+0.29%
1866 306+0.55%
1872 321+0.80%
1876 338+1.30%
1881 353+0.87%
1886 384+1.70%
1891 346−2.06%
1896 350+0.23%
1901 316−2.02%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 230−6.16%
1911 225−0.44%
1921 233+0.35%
1926 228−0.43%
1931 212−1.44%
1936 224+1.11%
1946 153−3.74%
1954 211+4.10%
1962 205−0.36%
1968 199−0.49%
1975 195−0.29%
1982 256+3.96%
1990 297+1.87%
1999 320+0.83%
2007 363+1.59%
2012 346−0.95%
2017 324−1.31%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE[8]

Sites and monuments
  • The Church of Saint Lambert from 1811
  • The Chateau of Arreux (private property). The old Chateau of Arreux, shown in the Album of Croy, has not left any traces.
  • A Lavoir (public laundry) transformed into a library
  • The Church of Saint Lambert
  • Lateral view of the church
  • The oratory of the chapel
  • The old Lavoir converted to a library
  • A cross with the commune Arms

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Ardennes (in French)
  3. Arreux in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  4. Google Maps
  5. Ernest Nègre, General Toponymy of France, 1990, Librairie Droz, Vol. 1, 710 pages, p. 325, ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7, Read online (in French)
  6. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  7. Données Cassini, EHESS
  8. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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