From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Avançon, Ardennes

Field	Value
name	Avançon
commune status	Commune
image	Église cimetière mairie d'Avaçon.jpg
caption	View of the Church, cemetery, and town hall
image coat of arms	Blason Avançon.svg
arrondissement	Rethel
canton	Château-Porcien
INSEE	08038
postal code	08300
mayor	Yvan Lefevre
term	2023–2026
intercommunality	Pays Rethélois
coordinates
elevation m	95
area km2	20.99
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason Avançon.svg

Avançon () is a commune in the Ardennes département in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Geography

Avançon is located some 10 km south-west of Rethel and 11 km east of Asfeld. Access to the commune is by the D18 road from Acy-Romance in the north-east which passes through the commune to the village near the centre then continues west to Blanzy-la-Salonnaise. The D26 road goes from the village north to Taizy. The D150 goes south-west from the village to Saint-Loup-en-Champagne. The commune is entirely farmland.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Blazon:

Azure, a fleur-de-lis Argent between three mullets Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1793	1807	Rémy Tagnon
1807	1830	Guillaume Alexandre Monceau
1830	1839	Jean Trichet
1839	1843	Barthélémy Michelet
1843	1876	Jean Nicolas Rémy Legrand
1876	1892	Alexandre Paul Victor Koehler
1892	1912	Hubert Emmanuel Legros
1912	1919	Charles Eugène Michelet
1919	1921	Barthélémy Michelet
1921	1929	Edmond Désiré Lefevre
1929	1965	Rémy Achille Monceau
1965	1994	Bernard Edmond Lefevre
1994	2001	Marie-Hélène Michelet
2001	2014	Philippe Hourlier
2014	2020	Hubert Launois
2020	current	Yvan Lefevre

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avançonnais or Avançonnaises in French.

|1793 |475 |1800 |490 |1806 |488 |1821 |501 |1831 |461 |1836 |477 |1841 |488 |1846 |492 |1851 |515 |1866 |478 |1872 |480 |1876 |464 |1881 |431 |1886 |418 |1891 |398 |1896 |394 |1901 |404 |1906 |406 |1911 |332 |1921 |260 |1926 |301 |1931 |268 |1936 |268 |1946 |292 |1954 |292 |1962 |291 |1968 |262 |1975 |258 |1982 |270 |1990 |322 |1999 |300 |2007 |318 |2012 |308 |2017 |313

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

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

The Church of Saint Remi (13th century) The Church contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
- An Eagle Lectern (18th century)

Notable people linked to the commune

Renée Mayot, medal engraver, born in 1947.

References

(16 April 2024). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avan%C3%A7on,+France/@49.4760021,4.2497303,11856m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e98f0f222af1b3:0x40a5fb99a3f7e50?hl=en Google Maps]
fr
[https://www.habitants.fr/ardennes-08 Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes], habitants.fr
{{Cassini-Ehess. 2121. Avançon
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-08038#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. PA00078338. PA00078338 Church of Saint Remi {{in lang. fr
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM08000039. PM08000039 Eagle Lectern {{in lang. fr{{Camera

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

communes-of-ardennes-(department)

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Avançon, Ardennes — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report