Avaux
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Avaux
|commune status = Commune
|image = Avaux, église Notre-Dame (Ardennes).JPG
|caption = the Church of Notre-Dame
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Avaux 08.svg
|arrondissement = Rethel
|canton = Château-Porcien
|INSEE = 08039
|postal code = 08190
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC Pays Rethélois
|coordinates = {{coord|49.4567|4.0842|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 60
|elevation min m = 57
|elevation max m = 130
|area km2 = 13.19
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Avaux ({{IPA|fr|avo}}) is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
The commune has been awarded two flowers 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 Avaux 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
Avaux is located some 22 km west by south-west of Rethel and 38 km south-east of Laon. Access to the commune is by the D523 from Évergnicourt in the south-west which changes to the D137 at the border then continues to the village and north-east to join the D18 south-west of Saint-Germainmont. The D966 forms the western border of the commune as it goes south from Lor to Evergnicourt. Apart from thin strips of forest along the eastern and southern borders the commune is entirely farmland.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avaux,+France/@49.4609133,4.0737357,5956m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e99758f7eeb429:0xeb55dbcb783e47e9?hl=en Google Maps]
The Canal latéral à l'Aisne forms the southern border of the commune and the Aisne river forms the eastern border then runs through the south of the commune parallel to the canal as it flows west to eventually join the Seine at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
=Neighbouring communes and villages=
{{Geographic location
|width=auto
|Centre = Avaux
|North = Villers-devant-le-Thour
|Northeast = Saint-Germainmont
|East = Vieux-lès-Asfeld
|Southeast = Houdilcourt
|South = Brienne-sur-Aisne
|Southwest = Évergnicourt
|West = Prouvais
|Northwest = La Malmaison
}}
=Heraldry=
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason ville fr Avaux 08.svg
|legend1=Arms of Avaux
|text=The official status of the blazon remains to be determined.
Blazon:
Azure, a lion crowned Argent issuant, in chief Or a crescent of Sable between two mullets the same.
}}
Administration
{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=8453 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}
| class="wikitable" | ||
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2008 | Pascal Beguin |
| 2008 | current | Didier Marby |
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avalois or Avaloises 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|2130|Avaux}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-08039#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |506
|1800 |574
|1806 |504
|1821 |644
|1831 |705
|1836 |716
|1841 |725
|1846 |682
|1851 |704
|1866 |753
|1872 |710
|1876 |649
|1881 |653
|1886 |650
|1891 |631
|1896 |606
|1901 |602
|1906 |592
|1911 |575
|1921 |405
|1926 |431
|1931 |404
|1936 |417
|1946 |359
|1954 |361
|1962 |355
|1968 |327
|1975 |317
|1982 |293
|1990 |404
|1999 |454
|2007 |462
|2012 |455
|2017 |466
}}
Sites and monuments
Avaux was once called Asfeld-le-Château as it was the seat of a fortified house of the Counts of Avaux. The chateau has disappeared.
The Church of Notre-Dame contains a Painting: the Nativity of the Virgin (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}, which is registered as an historical object.Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM08000040|PM08000040 Painting: the Nativity of the Virgin}} {{in lang|fr}}
Notable people linked to the commune
- Claude de Mesmes, Count of Avaux (1595-1650), diplomat and man of letters.
- Jean-Jacques de Mesmes, Count of Avaux: best known for developing the town of Asfeld.
- Yves Gibeau, his family came from Avaux and he lived in the commune during part of his youth.Yannick Hureaux evoking his friend Yves Gibeau in a conference at Avaux on 22 May 2009 [http://www.le-regain-roucy.com/article-32293438.html Article on 4 June 2009] extracted from l'Union magazine {{in lang|fr}}
See also
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
{{Commons category|Avaux}}
- [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=49.4567&lon=4.0842&zoom=13 Avaux on the 1750 Cassini Map]
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