Arreux

Arreux
Commune
View of the village
Coat of arms
Location of Arreux
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Coordinates: 49°49′32″N 4°39′09″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Charleville-Mézières
Canton	Charleville-Mézières-2
Intercommunality	Ardenne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Robert Colson
Area 1	4.23 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	331
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08022 /08090
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Cabres

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.

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.

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.

Toponymy

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

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

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1965	1972	Louis Savary de Beauregard
1972	1983	Robert Remacly
1983	2001	Yves Doe
2001	2020	Robert Colson

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 324 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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 and INSEE

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

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

• Arreux official website (in French)
• Arreux on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Arreux on Lion1906
• Areux on the 1750 Cassini Map