Amblimont

Amblimont
Amblimont village
Coat of arms
Amblimont
Location within Grand Est region  Amblimont
Coordinates: 49°37′46″N 5°03′45″E / 49.6294°N 5.0625°ECoordinates: 49°37′46″N 5°03′45″E / 49.6294°N 5.0625°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Sedan
Canton	Mouzon
Intercommunality	Trois Cantons
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Patricia Schneider
Area^1	7.4 km^2 (2.9 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	142
• Density	19/km^2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	08009 / 08210
Elevation	154–342 m (505–1,122 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Amblimont is a former commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune Mouzon.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amblimontais or Amblimontaises^[2]

Geography

Amblimont is located some 11 km south-east of Sedan and 5 km west of Carignan. It can be accessed by the D964 road from Mairy in the north passing through the mid-western part of the commune and continuing south to Mouzon. Access to the village is by the Ruelle de la Goutelle going south-east from the D964. The village can also be accessed by other local roads in the east of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with patches of forest in the east.^[3]

The Ruisseau de la Vignette rises in the commune and flows west to the Canal de l'Est (North branch) which forms the western border of the commune. A few streams rise in the east of the commune and flow east to join the Chiers river.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[3]

Heraldry

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined. Blazon: Or, a tree of vert and a hillock the same on a party per fesse the same over a terrace in base wavy of 5 waves argent; in chief azure with three mullets argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Hervé Lardennois
2008	2014	Jean Gustin
2014	2020	Patricia Schneider

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009, the commune had 142 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through 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 towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
303	284	296	328	361	357	350	364	358

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
-	-	354	348	333	289	279	279	287

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
285	230	202	179	178	178	188	169	197

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
179	150	163	159	164	143	-	142	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

The Town Hall

Culture and heritage

The Church of Saint-Georges

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint-Georges contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Pulpit (18th century)^[5]
• An Altar, 2 Statues, Retable, Painting, Statuette: Saint Georges and Roch, Christ on the cross, and Virgin and child (18th century)^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

• Amblimont on the National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Amblimont on Lion1906
• Amblemont on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Amblimont on the INSEE website (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Arrêté préfectoral 14 December 2015 (French)
2. Inhabitants of Ardennes (French)
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000015 Pulpit (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000014 Altar, 2 Statues, Retable, Painting, Statuette: Saint Georges and Roch, Christ on the cross, and Virgin and child (French)