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Avaux

Field	Value
name	Avaux
commune status	Commune
image	Avaux, église Notre-Dame (Ardennes).JPG
caption	the Church of Notre-Dame
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Avaux 08.svg
arrondissement	Rethel
canton	Château-Porcien
INSEE	08039
postal code	08190
mayor	Didier Marby
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CC Pays Rethélois
coordinates
elevation m	60
elevation min m	57
elevation max m	130
area km2	13.19
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Avaux 08.svg

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

The commune has been awarded two flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.

Geography

Avaux is located some 22 km west by south-west of Rethel and 38 km south-east of Laon. Access to the commune is by the D523 from Évergnicourt in the south-west which changes to the D137 at the border then continues to the village and north-east to join the D18 south-west of Saint-Germainmont. The D966 forms the western border of the commune as it goes south from Lor to Evergnicourt. Apart from thin strips of forest along the eastern and southern borders the commune is entirely farmland.

The Canal latéral à l'Aisne forms the southern border of the commune and the Aisne river forms the eastern border then runs through the south of the commune parallel to the canal as it flows west to eventually join the Seine at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Blazon:

Azure, a lion crowned Argent issuant, in chief Or a crescent of Sable between two mullets the same.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Pascal Beguin
2008	current	Didier Marby

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avalois or Avaloises in French.

|1793 |506 |1800 |574 |1806 |504 |1821 |644 |1831 |705 |1836 |716 |1841 |725 |1846 |682 |1851 |704 |1866 |753 |1872 |710 |1876 |649 |1881 |653 |1886 |650 |1891 |631 |1896 |606 |1901 |602 |1906 |592 |1911 |575 |1921 |405 |1926 |431 |1931 |404 |1936 |417 |1946 |359 |1954 |361 |1962 |355 |1968 |327 |1975 |317 |1982 |293 |1990 |404 |1999 |454 |2007 |462 |2012 |455 |2017 |466

Sites and monuments

Avaux was once called Asfeld-le-Château as it was the seat of a fortified house of the Counts of Avaux. The chateau has disappeared.

The Church of Notre-Dame contains a Painting: the Nativity of the Virgin (18th century), which is registered as an historical object.

Notable people linked to the commune

Claude de Mesmes, Count of Avaux (1595-1650), diplomat and man of letters.
Jean-Jacques de Mesmes, Count of Avaux: best known for developing the town of Asfeld.
Yves Gibeau, his family came from Avaux and he lived in the commune during part of his youth.

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
[http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html Avaux in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom] {{webarchive. link. (December 10, 2014 {{in lang). fr
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avaux,+France/@49.4609133,4.0737357,5956m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e99758f7eeb429:0xeb55dbcb783e47e9?hl=en Google Maps]
fr
[https://www.habitants.fr/ardennes-08 Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes], habitants.fr
{{Cassini-Ehess. 2130. Avaux
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-08039#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM08000040. PM08000040 Painting: the Nativity of the Virgin {{in lang. fr
Yannick Hureaux evoking his friend Yves Gibeau in a conference at Avaux on 22 May 2009 [http://www.le-regain-roucy.com/article-32293438.html Article on 4 June 2009] extracted from l'Union magazine {{in lang. fr

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