Angecourt

Angecourt
Angecourt village
Coat of arms
Angecourt
Location within Grand Est region  Angecourt
Coordinates: 49°38′06″N 4°58′47″E / 49.635°N 4.9797°ECoordinates: 49°38′06″N 4°58′47″E / 49.635°N 4.9797°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Sedan
Canton	Raucourt-et-Flaba
Intercommunality	Trois Cantons
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Jean-Claude Philippe
Area^1	3.73 km^2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	352
• Density	94/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	08013 / 08450
Elevation	161–307 m (528–1,007 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 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.

Angecourt is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Dadas^[1]

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.^[2]

Geography

Angecourt is located some 8 km south-east of Sedan and 7 km north-west of Mouzon. Access to the commune is by road D6 from Remilly-Aillicourt in the north-east which passes through the commune and the village and continues to Haraucourt in the south-west. About half of the commune in the south and east is forested with the rest farmland.^[3]

The Ennemane flows through the commune from south-west to north-east to join the Coupure de Remilly at Remilly-Aillicourt.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

• From 1560 to 1642 Angecourt was part of the Principality of Sedan.
• Battle of Sedan (1940)

Heraldry

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined Blazon: Azure, a chevron of Or accompanied in chief at dexter a horsehead regardant, at sinister two annulets interlaced, at nombril point a mullet of six points pierced, all of Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	Jean-Claude Philippe

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 352 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
273	228	287	369	481	554	633	680	704

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
-	-	696	654	703	724	724	704	650

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
519	510	522	368	507	505	502	441	446

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
448	416	397	407	359	350	334	352	-

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 Médard

Civil heritage

A Spinning Mill at 15 Rue du Chateau (19th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[5]

Religious heritage

• The Church of Saint Médard contains a Funeral Plaque of Nicolas des Oudet (18th century) which is registered as an historical object.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

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. Inhabitants of Ardennes (French)
2. Angecourt in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (French)
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA08000311 Spinning Mill (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000023 Funeral Plaque of Nicolas des Oudet (French)

External links

• Angecourt on the old IGN website (French)
• Angecourt on Lion1906
• Angecourt on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Angecourt on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)