Les Alleux

Les Alleux is a former commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Bairon et ses environs.[2]

Les Alleux
Part of Bairon et ses environs
The entrance to the village
Coat of arms
Location of Les Alleux
Les Alleux
Les Alleux
Coordinates: 49°28′17″N 4°44′20″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementVouziers
CantonVouziers
CommuneBairon et ses environs
Area
1
12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
78
 • Density6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
08400
Elevation133–209 m (436–686 ft)
(avg. 207 m or 679 ft)
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 Alleusiens or Alleusiennes, or alternatively Alleutiers or Alleutières.[3]

Geography

Les Alleux is some 30 km (19 mi) east of Rethel and 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Vouziers. The commune can be accessed by the D977 road from Vouziers in the south passing through the commune to the east of the village and continuing to Le Chesne in the north. Access to the village is by the D23 road from Voncq in the west and continuing north to join the D977 inside the commune. Most of the east and west of the commune are forested with the central part farmland.[4]

An unnamed stream rises south of the village and flows north-west to join the Ruisseau des Graquinettes just west of the commune.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages[4]

Heraldry
Arms of Les Alleux
 Blazon:

Gules, a chevron of Or accompanied in chief by two arrows of Argent in pale and in base by a crescent the same; in chief overall Azure charged with three mullets of Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19952001Francis Ledig
20012014Joël Gobert
20142020Guillaume Queval

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2012 the commune had 81 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 231—    
1800 315+4.53%
1806 317+0.11%
1821 335+0.37%
1831 408+1.99%
1836 437+1.38%
1841 442+0.23%
1846 433−0.41%
1851 425−0.37%
1866 407−0.29%
1872 460+2.06%
1876 427−1.84%
1881 425−0.09%
1886 417−0.38%
1891 361−2.84%
1896 387+1.40%
1901 376−0.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 334−2.34%
1911 288−2.92%
1921 231−2.18%
1926 201−2.74%
1931 214+1.26%
1936 160−5.65%
1946 170+0.61%
1954 167−0.22%
1962 166−0.08%
1968 125−4.62%
1975 102−2.86%
1982 69−5.43%
1990 72+0.53%
1999 63−1.47%
2007 79+2.87%
2012 81+0.50%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

French Decorations

Sites and Monuments
  • The War Memorial
  • The crossroads of the D977 and the D23
  • A house in Les Alleux
  • The Town Hall
  • The Church of Alleux
  • The entrance to the church
  • Memorial to June 1940
  • Memorial to the counter-offensive of 9–10 June 1940
  • Tomb of the Rivals de la Salle family, owners of the Chateau of Maison-Rouge in 1853
  • Tomb of the Rivals de la Salle family detail
  • The road to Vouziers
  • The bus shleter for the Abribus

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Tristan de Villelongue (1562-1631) was a doctor of theology, councillor of state and a preacher for Henry IV

See also

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2015 (in French)
  3. Inhabitants of Ardennes (in French)
  4. Google Maps
  5. List of Mayors of France
  6. Données Cassini, EHESS
  7. Populations légales 2012, INSEE
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