Aure | |
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![]() The Aure War memorial | |
Coordinates: 49°16′29″N 4°38′11″E / 49.2747°N 4.6364°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Ardennes |
Arrondissement | Vouziers |
Canton | Attigny |
Intercommunality | CC Argonne Ardennaise |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Cédric Nicolitch[1] |
Area 1 | 12.72 km2 (4.91 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 40 |
• Density | 3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 08031 /08400 |
Elevation | 118–191 m (387–627 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Aure (French pronunciation: [ɔʁ] ) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
Geography
Aure is located some 55 km east of Reims and some 20 km south by south-west of Vouziers. The western border of the commune is the border between Ardennes and Marne departments. Access to the commune is by road D6 from Manre in the south-east which passes through the village and continues south-west, changing to the D20 in Marne, to Sommepy-Tahure. The D306 goes north-east from the village to Monthois. The commune is entirely farmland.[3]
The Allin river rises near the village and flows south-east to eventually join the Aisne at Brécy-Brières.[3]
History
Aure is cited in a poem by Louis Aragon Le conscrit des cent villages (The conscript of 100 villages) written as an act of intellectual resistance in a clandestine manner in 1943.[4]
French Decorations
Croix de guerre 1914-1918: awarded on 1 March 1921.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Administration
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Aure-FR-08-mairie-26.jpg/220px-Aure-FR-08-mairie-26.jpg)
List of Successive Mayors[5]
From | To | Name |
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1995 | 2020 | Michel Cartelet |
2020 | current | Cédric Nicolitch |
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 48 inhabitants.
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Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7] |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Aure-FR-08-abribus-20.jpg/220px-Aure-FR-08-abribus-20.jpg)
Notable people linked to the commune
- Auguste Achile Baudart, Colonel of the 122nd Infantry Regiment of the Line, born in Aure on 16 November 1844 from a farming family, died at Montpellier on 15 December 1898.[8]
Photo gallery
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Public toilet
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Grain Silo
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War memorial close-up
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The church
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Entrance to the church
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Entrance to the village
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The Bomb
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ Louis Aragon, Le Conscrit des cent villages, initially published in La Diane française, consulted in Pierre Seghers, The Resistance and its poets: France, 1940-1945, Paris, Seghers, 2004 (2nd edition), ISBN 2-232-12242-5, p. 373-375 (in French)
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aure, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Almanach, Matot-Braine, 1900, Reims (in French)
External links
- Aure on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Aure on the 1750 Cassini Map