Auvillers-les-Forges


Auvillers-les-Forges is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Geography

Auvillers-les-Forges is located some 27 km west by north-west of Charleville-Mézières and 22 km east by south-east of Hirson. Access to the commune is by the European route E44 from Maubert-Fontaine in the east which passes through the north of the commune intersecting the D877 in the commune and continuing to Hirson in the west. Access to the village is by the D877 from Éteignières in the north which passes through the length of the commune and the village and continues south to Champlin. The D20 goes south-east from the village to Girondelle. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Le Chateau-Vert north-east of the village. There is a large forest in the north of the commune but the rest of the commune is farmland.
The Sormonne River flows through the commune from west to east just north of the village and continues east to join the Meuse at Charleville-Mézières. The Ruisseau de Saint-Rémy rises just west of the village and flows south-west to join the Orvaux east of Fontenelle.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Administration

List of successive mayors
FromToNamePartyPosition
18911919Gustave Tanton
19191923Camille Decq
19231929Maurice Tourolle
19291944Paul Martin
19441945Edgard Faucon
19451947Georges Pacaux
19471959Julien Lagneaux
19591965Paul Hottiaux
19651980Abdon Lemaire
19801983Pierre Gillot
19831995Martial Guilain
19951998Bruno Coniglio
19982014Daniel Schanen
20142020Miguel Leroy

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 897 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.