Arreux (French pronunciation: ​[aʁø]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Arreux
Commune
View of the village
Coat of arms
Location of Arreux
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Coordinates: 49°49′32″N 4°39′09″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Charleville-Mézières
Canton	Charleville-Mézières-2
Intercommunality	Ardenne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Agnès Henon[1]
Area 1	4.23 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	320
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08022 /08090
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Cabres[3]

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.[4]

Geography

Arreux is located in a hilly area on the edge of The Ardennes some 9 km north-west of Charleville-Mézières and 3 km east by south-east of Renwez. Access to the commune is by road D22 from Montcornet in the west passing through the village and continuing east to Nouzonville. The D22 also forms the south-eastern border of the commune. Some two thirds of the commune is heavily forested - especially in the east, with some farmland around the village.[5]

The Ruisseau du Fond d'Arreux forms the north eastern and north-western border of the commune as it flows around the commune and then away to the south-west. A stream rises south of the village and flows north to join the Ruisseau du Fond d'Arreux.

Toponymy

According to Ernest Nègre the name Arreux comes from aridus meaning "arid".[6]

Heraldry

Blazon: Quarterly, 1 of Vert a tête de Chèvre erased of Argent; 2 of Argent two hammers Vert posed saltirewise; 3 of Argent a garb of 3 ears of wheat Vert; 4 of Vert a wolf's head erased of Argent.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[7]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 324 inhabitants.

Sites and monuments

• The Church of Saint Lambert from 1811
• The Chateau of Arreux (private property). The old Chateau of Arreux, shown in the Album of Croy, has not left any traces.
• A Lavoir (public laundry) transformed into a library

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  The Church of Saint Lambert
• 
  Lateral view of the church
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  The oratory of the chapel
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  The old Lavoir converted to a library
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  A cross with the commune Arms

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

References

External links

• Arreux official website (in French)
• Arreux on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Areux on the 1750 Cassini Map

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