Les Ayvelles (French pronunciation: ​[le.z‿ɛvɛl]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Les Ayvelles
Commune
The Fort of Ayvelles
Coat of arms
Location of Les Ayvelles
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Coordinates: 49°43′20″N 4°45′28″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Charleville-Mézières
Canton	Nouvion-sur-Meuse
Intercommunality	CA Ardenne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Lebreton[1]
Area 1	5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	886
• Density	160/km2 (420/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.

The inhabitants of the commune are known both as Ayvelliens or Ayvelliennes as well as Ayvellois or Ayvelloises.[3]

Geography

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.[4]

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.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages[4]

Heraldry

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.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[5]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 897 inhabitants.

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:

• The Tombstone of Priest Ponce Guérin (1690)[8]
• A Baptismal font (12th century)[9]
• A Chalice with Paten (1750 and 1752)[10]

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

References

External links

• Les Ayvelles on the old IGN website (in French)
• Les Ayvelles on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• les G-des-Ayvelles on the 1750 Cassini Map

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