Arreux

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Arreux

|commune status = Commune

|image = Arreux (Ardennes) le village vue de l'ouest.JPG

|caption = View of the village

|image coat of arms = Blason Arreux.svg

|arrondissement = Charleville-Mézières

|canton = Charleville-Mézières-2

|INSEE = 08022

|postal code = 08090

|mayor = Agnès Henon{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2022–2026

|intercommunality = Ardenne Métropole

|coordinates = {{coord|49.8256|4.6525|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 246

|elevation min m =

|elevation max m =

|area km2 = 4.23

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Arreux ({{IPA|fr|aʁø}}) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

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.[http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html Arreux in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210053901/http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html |date=December 10, 2014 }} {{in lang|fr}}

Geography

File:Arreux (Ardennes) city limit sign.JPG

File:Arreux (Ardennes) mairie.JPG

File:Arreux (Ardennes) monument aux morts.JPG

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.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/08090+Arreux/@49.823509,4.667515,5673m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47ea0f40c32b8cef:0x40a5fb99a3f7f50?hl=en Google Maps]

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".Ernest Nègre, General Toponymy of France, 1990, Librairie Droz, Vol. 1, 710 pages, p. 325, {{ISBN|978-2-600-02883-7}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rsNpi7IVulEC&dq=Toponymie+g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale+de+la+France&pg=PA7 Read online] {{in lang|fr}}

=Heraldry=

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Blason Arreux.svg

|legend1=Arms of Arreux

|text=

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

List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=8436 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}

From	To	Name
class="wikitable"
1965	1972	Louis Savary de Beauregard
1972	1983	Robert Remacly
1983	2001	Yves Doe
2001	2020	Robert Colson
2020	current	Emmanuel Roussel

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Cabres in French.[https://www.habitants.fr/ardennes-08 Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes], habitants.fr

{{Historical populations

| align = none

| cols = 2

| percentages = pagr

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|1358|Arreux}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-08022#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |220

|1800 |234

|1806 |232

|1821 |248

|1831 |303

|1836 |307

|1841 |306

|1846 |278

|1851 |282

|1866 |306

|1872 |321

|1876 |338

|1881 |353

|1886 |384

|1891 |346

|1896 |350

|1901 |316

|1906 |230

|1911 |225

|1921 |233

|1926 |228

|1931 |212

|1936 |224

|1946 |153

|1954 |211

|1962 |205

|1968 |199

|1975 |195

|1982 |256

|1990 |297

|1999 |320

|2007 |363

|2012 |346

|2017 |324

}}

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

File:Arreux (Ardennes) église, façade.JPG|The Church of Saint Lambert

File:Arreux (Ardennes) église, vue latérale.JPG|Lateral view of the church

File:Arreux (Ardennes) chapelle-oratoire.JPG|The oratory of the chapel

File:Arreux (Ardennes) médiathèque (ancien lavoir) et salle polyvalente.JPG|The old Lavoir converted to a library

File:Arreux (Ardennes) blason et croix de chemin.JPG|A cross with the commune Arms

References

External links

[http://www.arreux.fr Arreux official website] {{in lang|fr}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312131112/http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=93840 Arreux on the National Geographic Institute website] {{in lang|fr}}
[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=49.8256&lon=4.6525&zoom=13 Areux on the 1750 Cassini Map]

{{Geographic location

|width=auto

|Centre = Arreux

|North = Sécheval

|Northeast = Bogny-sur-Meuse

|East = Joigny-sur-Meuse

|Southeast = Nouzonville

|South = Houldizy

|Southwest = Tournes

|West = Lonny

|Northwest = Montcornet

}}