Angecourt
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Angecourt | |
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 Angecourt village | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Angecourt | |
  Angecourt  Angecourt | |
| Coordinates: 49°38′06″N 4°58′47″E / 49.635°N 4.9797°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Sedan |
| Canton | Vouziers |
| Intercommunality | Portes du Luxembourg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédérique Kretzmeyer Zaltani[1] |
Area 1 | 3.73 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 382 |
| • Density | 102/km2 (265/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08013 /08450 |
| Elevation | 161–307 m (528–1,007 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Angecourt (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʒkuʁ]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
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]
Neighbouring communes and villages
Angecourt is located some 8 km south-east of Sedan and 7 km north-west of Mouzon. Access to the commune is by road D6 from Remilly-Aillicourt in the north-east which passes through the commune and the village and continues to Haraucourt in the south-west. About half of the commune in the south and east is forested with the rest farmland.[4]
The Ennemane flows through the commune from south-west to north-east to join the Coupure de Remilly at Remilly-Aillicourt.
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History
- From 1560 to 1642 Angecourt was part of the Principality of Sedan.
- Battle of Sedan (1940)
Heraldry
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The official status of the blazon remains to be determined
Blazon:
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Administration
List of Successive Mayors
| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2020 | Jean-Claude Philippe[5] |
| 2020 | Current | Frédérique Kretzmeyer Zaltani |
