Auflance

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

Auflance
Commune
Ruins of the chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Auflance
Auflance
Auflance
Coordinates: 49°37′11″N 5°17′31″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementSedan
CantonCarignan
IntercommunalityCC Portes du Luxembourg
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Sabrina Thiébault
Area
1
6.16 km2 (2.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
86
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08029 /08370
Elevation176–281 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.

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.[2]

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.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry
Arms of Auflance
 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[3]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012014Michèle Delgoffe
20142020Sabrina Thiébault

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 86 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 276—    
1800 261−0.80%
1806 247−0.91%
1821 291+1.10%
1831 276−0.53%
1836 317+2.81%
1841 331+0.87%
1846 333+0.12%
1851 340+0.42%
1866 288−1.10%
1872 279−0.53%
1876 273−0.54%
1881 260−0.97%
1886 287+2.00%
1891 252−2.57%
1896 252+0.00%
1901 238−1.14%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 220−1.56%
1911 220+0.00%
1921 176−2.21%
1926 136−5.03%
1931 126−1.52%
1936 114−1.98%
1946 117+0.26%
1954 125+0.83%
1962 130+0.49%
1968 134+0.51%
1975 105−3.42%
1982 100−0.69%
1990 104+0.49%
1999 91−1.47%
2007 90−0.14%
2012 82−1.84%
2017 86+0.96%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[5]
A Haferrequisition at Auflance in 1871 from Die Gartenlaube (The Gazebo)

Sites and monuments
The round tower
Tunnel
Remains of the Chateau
  • The Chateau of Auflance (17th century) is registered as a historical monument.[6] 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, 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.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Google Maps
  3. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  4. Données Cassini, EHESS
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00078556 Chateau of Auflance (in French)
  7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000031 13 Statues: Saints of Auflance (in French)
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