Arreux

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 / 49.8256°N 4.6525°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^[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

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]

From	To	Name
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 2010 the commune had 364 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 towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

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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

Notes

^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 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

^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Inhabitants of Ardennes (in French)
^ Arreux in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in French)
^ Google Maps
^ 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)
^ List of Mayors of France (in French)

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
Arreux on the INSEE website (in French)
INSEE (in French)

[7] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 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.

[popleg2021-1] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[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)

[Google-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)

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