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Country
  
France

Department
  
Ardennes

Intercommunality
  
Pays rethélois

Area
  
8.62 km²

Arrondissement
  
Rethel

Region
  
Grand Est

Canton
  
Juniville

Population (2014)
  
144

Local time
  
Saturday 3:01 PM

Alincourt

Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 59% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 08310 Alincourt, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alincourtois or Alincourtoises

Geography

Alincourt is located some 15 km south of Rethel and 25 km north-east of Rheims. It can be accessed on the D925 road from Neuflize in the west passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing east to Juniville. The D985 road from Perthes in the north also passes through the north-west of the commune and continues to join the D925 west of Juniville. The commune consists entirely of farmland other than a strip of forest along the banks of the river.

The Retourne river flows through the commune from east to west passing just south of the village and continuing west until it joins the Aisne at Neufchatel-sur-Aisne.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 137 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.

Population Change (See database)

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

Sites and Monuments

  • The Church of Saint-Hilaire has the epitaph: "to ... Sir Regnaut Feret living knight and Lord of Alincourt Captain of the Regiment of Maine deceased at Bar-le-Duc buried in the Church of Sainte Macre on 16 July 1697 ... Charged in perpetuity to say a High Mass and a vigil at the hour of his decease ... to buy ornaments for the Alincourt church, the place of burial of his father and ancestors" inscribed on black marble on the right side of the choir. On the left side is ... "Sir Jean Claude de Cugnon, Knight and Lord of Alincourt, Branscourt Sorbon, and Arnicourt was buried in this church on 10 September 1775" ... on black marble.
  • The Chateau of Alincourt
  • Notable people linked to the commune

  • Hilaire Flandre (1937-2004), born in Alincourt Mayor of Alincourt, Regional Councillor then Senator for Champagne-Ardenne.
  • References

    Alincourt Wikipedia