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Autruche

Field	Value
name	Autruche
commune status	Commune
image	Eglise Autruche.jpg
caption	The church in Autruche
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr autruche (ardennes).svg
arrondissement	Vouziers
canton	Vouziers
INSEE	08035
postal code	08240
mayor	Anne Sembeni
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CC Argonne Ardennaise
coordinates
elevation m	186
elevation min m	166
elevation max m	242
area km2	8.24
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr autruche (ardennes).svg

Autruche () is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Geography

Autruche is located some 43 km east by south-east of Rethel and 20 km north-east of Vouziers. Access to the commune is by the D947 from Germont in the south-west which passes through the southern corner of the commune and continues east to Bar-lès-Buzancy. The D12 also comes from Authe in the north-west and joins the D947 in the commune. Access to the village is by a local road branching from the D947 which goes north to the village. The commune is entirely farmland except for some lakes in the south.

The Bar river forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west then follows the Canal des Ardennes to eventually join the Meuse at Vrigne-Meuse. The Ruisseau de Saint Pierremont flows from the north of the commune towards the south-west and continues to join the Bar west of the commune. The Ruisseau du Clageot rises in the north of the commune and flows south-west down the centre of the commune and also joins the Bar on the southern border.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Blazon:

Argent, a stalk of grass leaved and stalked in Vert with head of Sable between two pales of Gules, in chief Sable embattled of four and charged with three billets posed in fesse.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1995	2014	Claude Lambert
2014	current	Anne Sembeni

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Autruchiens or Autruchiennes in French.

|1793 |225 |1800 |248 |1806 |256 |1821 |217 |1831 |239 |1836 |246 |1841 |242 |1846 |254 |1851 |240 |1866 |222 |1872 |217 |1876 |207 |1881 |213 |1886 |207 |1891 |199 |1896 |200 |1901 |197 |1906 |207 |1911 |196 |1921 |160 |1926 |183 |1931 |156 |1936 |142 |1946 |119 |1954 |117 |1962 |113 |1968 |101 |1975 |87 |1982 |71 |1990 |48 |1999 |44 |2007 |52 |2012 |61 |2017 |69

Sites and monuments

The Church of Saint-Nicolas (16th century) is registered as an historical monument. The church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

6 Statuettes (17th century)
A Sculpture: Triumphant Virgin (17th century)

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/08240+Autruche/@49.4482208,4.9044811,5912m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47ea45a5ae13f343:0x40a5fb99a3f7e80?hl=en Google Maps]
fr
[https://www.habitants.fr/ardennes-08 Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes], habitants.fr
{{Cassini-Ehess. 2034. Autruche
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-08035#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. PA00078337. PA00078337 Church of Saint-Nicolas {{in lang. fr{{Camera
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM08000038. PM08000038 6 Statuettes {{in lang. fr{{Camera
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM08000037. PM08000037 Sculpture: Triumphant Virgin {{in lang. fr{{Camera

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