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Autry

Autry
FieldValue
nameAutry
commune statusCommune
imageAutry-FR-08-lavoir-10.jpg
captionThe Lavoir (Public laundry) in Autry
image coat of armsBlason de la ville de Autry (Ardennes).svg
arrondissementVouziers
cantonAttigny
INSEE08036
postal code08250
mayorPascal Boxebeld
term2020–2026
intercommunalityCC Argonne Ardennaise
coordinates
elevation m121
elevation min m110
elevation max m168
area km216.34
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Autry (Ardennes).svg

Autry () is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Autryens or Autryennes.

Geography

Entrance to the village

Autry is located some 50 km east of Reims and 25 km north by north-west of Sainte-Menehould. The southern border of the commune is the departmental boundary between Ardennes and Marne. Access to the commune is by road D21 from Challerange in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Binarville in the south-east after changing to the D63 at the departmental border. The D218 goes west from the village to Bouconville and the D41 goes north-east to Lançon. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of La Gare in the west. Large areas of the commune are forested, especially in the west, and there is a large fish farm in the east. The rest of the commune is farmland.

The Aisne river forms part of the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north then west to the village then north again as it continues its journey to join the Oise at Compiègne. The Dormoise flows from the south-west to join the Aisne in the commune. The Remy Galere rises on the northern border and flows east to join the Aisne forming part of the northern border.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Blazon:

Bendy of Or and Gules.

Administration

The Town Hall
A Wayside Cross in Autry

List of Successive Mayors

FromToName
19952014Jean-Pierre Boure
2014currentPascal Boxebeld

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 117 inhabitants.

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Culture and heritage

The church at Autry

Civil heritage

The commune has one structure that is registered as an historical monument:

  • A Flour Mill (20th century)

;Another site of interest:

  • Around the church in the village there are traces of a medieval fortification system.

File:Autry-FR-08-lavoir-11.jpg|Inside the Lavoir File:Autry-FR-08-lavoir-12.jpg|Inside the Lavoir File:Autry-FR-08-église-09.jpg|The village and the church File:Autry-FR-08-bondieuserie-05.JPG|A Shrine File:Autry-FR-08-chapelle mariale-01.jpg|Chapel of Mary File:Autry-FR-08-chapelle Saint-Lambert-05.jpg|The Chapel of Saint Lambert File:Autry-FR-08-monument aux morts-03.JPG|The War Memorial

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Louis Marie Alphonse Depuiset (1822-1886), Entomologist.

References

References

  1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
  2. [http://www.habitants.fr Inhabitants of ] {{in lang. fr
  3. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autry/@49.2616302,4.8358822,5955m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47ea4b54d2758299:0x40a5fb99a3f7e70?hl=en Google Maps]
  4. fr
  5. {{Cassini-Ehess. 2036. Autry
  6. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-08036#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
  7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA08000319. IA08000319 Flour Mill {{in lang. fr
  8. [http://centretudargonnais.org/HorizonArgonne88.pdf ''The discovery of medieval sites in North Argonne''] {{Webarchive. link. (18 October 2011 , published by Daniel Hochedez in the Horizons d'Argonne review, No. 88, June 2011, p. 9-10 {{in lang). fr
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