Les Ayvelles
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Les Ayvelles | |
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 The Fort of Ayvelles | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Les Ayvelles | |
  Les Ayvelles  Les Ayvelles | |
| Coordinates: 49°43′20″N 4°45′28″E / 49.7222°N 4.7578°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mézières |
| Canton | Nouvion-sur-Meuse |
| Intercommunality | CA Ardenne Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Sylvia Tucci[1] |
Area 1 | 5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 851 |
| • Density | 156/km2 (404/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08040 /08000 |
| Elevation | 143–210 m (469–689 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Ayvelles (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɛvɛl]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Les Ayvelles is located just 5 km south-east of Charleville-Mézières. Access to the commune is by road D764 from Villers-Semeuse in the north which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Flize in the south. The commune has large reservoirs in the east and a forest in the west (the Bois des Ayvelles) with the rest of the commune farmland.[3]
The Meuse river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to Belgium. The Ruisseau du Pierge rises in the west of the commune and flows east to join the Meuse.[3]
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Heraldry
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Blazon: Argent, a saltire Gules cantoned with, in chief and in base a lion Sable tongued and armed Gules, to dexter and sinister a mullet Sable pierced.
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Administration
List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1995 | 2008 | Robert Binet |
| 2008 | 2014 | Jacques Bragantini |
| 2014 | current | Philippe Lebreton |
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known both as Ayvelliens or Ayvelliennes as well as Ayvellois or Ayvelloises in French.[5]
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Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
- The Fort and Battery of Ayvelles. The Fort can be visited by appointment.
Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Saint Rémi contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
