Autry
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{{For|people named Autry|Autry (name)}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Autry
|commune status = Commune
|image = Autry-FR-08-lavoir-10.jpg
|caption = The Lavoir (Public laundry) in Autry
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Autry (Ardennes).svg
|arrondissement = Vouziers
|canton = Attigny
|INSEE = 08036
|postal code = 08250
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC Argonne Ardennaise
|coordinates = {{coord|49.2692|4.8378|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 121
|elevation min m = 110
|elevation max m = 168
|area km2 = 16.34
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Autry ({{IPA|fr|otʁi}}) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Autryens or Autryennes.[http://www.habitants.fr Inhabitants of ] {{in lang|fr}}
Geography
File:Autry-FR-08-panneau-01.JPG
Autry is located some 50 km east of Reims and 25 km north by north-west of Sainte-Menehould. The southern border of the commune is the departmental boundary between Ardennes and Marne. Access to the commune is by road D21 from Challerange in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Binarville in the south-east after changing to the D63 at the departmental border. The D218 goes west from the village to Bouconville and the D41 goes north-east to Lançon. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of La Gare in the west. Large areas of the commune are forested, especially in the west, and there is a large fish farm in the east. The rest of the commune is farmland.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autry/@49.2616302,4.8358822,5955m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47ea4b54d2758299:0x40a5fb99a3f7e70?hl=en Google Maps]
The Aisne river forms part of the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north then west to the village then north again as it continues its journey to join the Oise at Compiègne. The Dormoise flows from the south-west to join the Aisne in the commune. The Remy Galere rises on the northern border and flows east to join the Aisne forming part of the northern border.
=Neighbouring communes and villages=
{{Geographic location
|width=auto
|Centre = Autry
|North = Grandham
|Northeast = Lançon
|East = Apremont
|Southeast = Condé-lès-Autry
|South =
|Southwest = Cernay-en-Dormois
|West = Bouconville
|Northwest = Montcheutin
}}
=Heraldry=
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason ville fr Ramousies (Nord).svg
|legend1=Arms of Autry
|text=
Blazon:
Bendy of Or and Gules.
}}
Administration
File:Autry-FR-08-mairie-02.JPG
File:Autry-FR-08-calvaire-06.jpg
{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=8450 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}
| class="wikitable" | ||
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2014 | Jean-Pierre Boure |
| 2014 | current | Pascal Boxebeld |
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 117 inhabitants.
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|2036|Autry}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-08036#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |562
|1800 |658
|1806 |631
|1821 |666
|1831 |651
|1836 |678
|1841 |672
|1846 |679
|1851 |657
|1866 |578
|1872 |552
|1876 |522
|1881 |547
|1886 |529
|1891 |477
|1896 |456
|1901 |449
|1906 |454
|1911 |483
|1921 |371
|1926 |315
|1931 |257
|1936 |251
|1946 |254
|1954 |267
|1962 |233
|1968 |187
|1975 |156
|1982 |141
|1990 |133
|1999 |127
|2007 |147
|2012 |136
|2017 |117
}}
Culture and heritage
=Civil heritage=
The commune has one structure that is registered as an historical monument:
- A Flour Mill (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA08000319|IA08000319 Flour Mill}} {{in lang|fr}}
;Another site of interest:
- Around the church in the village there are traces of a medieval fortification system.[http://centretudargonnais.org/HorizonArgonne88.pdf The discovery of medieval sites in North Argonne] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018223058/http://centretudargonnais.org/HorizonArgonne88.pdf |date=18 October 2011 }}, published by Daniel Hochedez in the Horizons d'Argonne review, No. 88, June 2011, p. 9-10 {{in lang|fr}}
File:Autry-FR-08-lavoir-11.jpg|Inside the Lavoir
File:Autry-FR-08-lavoir-12.jpg|Inside the Lavoir
File:Autry-FR-08-église-09.jpg|The village and the church
File:Autry-FR-08-bondieuserie-05.JPG|A Shrine
File:Autry-FR-08-chapelle mariale-01.jpg|Chapel of Mary
File:Autry-FR-08-chapelle Saint-Lambert-05.jpg|The Chapel of Saint Lambert
File:Autry-FR-08-monument aux morts-03.JPG|The War Memorial
Notable people linked to the commune
- Louis Marie Alphonse Depuiset (1822-1886), Entomologist.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312131407/http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=94030 Autry on the old IGN website] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=4.8378,49.2692&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Autry on Géoportail], National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=49.2692&lon=4.8378&zoom=13 Autry on the 1750 Cassini Map]
{{commons category|Autry}}
{{Ardennes communes}}
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