Country France Department Ardennes Intercommunality Crêtes Préardennaises Area 8.71 km² Population 215 (1999) | Region Grand Est Canton Attigny Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Sunday 1:05 AM Arrondissement Vouziers | |
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Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
Contents
- Map of 08130 AllandHuy et Sausseuil France
- Geography
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Sites and Monuments
- Notable people linked to the commune
- References
Map of 08130 Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil, France
Geography
Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil is located some 10 km east of Rethel and 35 km south-west of Charleville-Mézières. The D30 road from Amagne to Écordal passes through the northern part of the commune. The village can be accessed off the D30 via the D14 which passes through the village then continues east to Charbogne. There is also the D43 road from just south of Écordal which passes south through the commune to Saulces-Champenoises. A branch railway line passes through the commune from Lucquy station in the west to the station just south of the village and the line continues south-east to Attigny station. Apart from the village the commune consists entirely of farmland.
La Foivre stream flows south through the eastern part of the commune and continues to join the Aisne south of the commune. There are several other small streams in the east of the commune and the Ruisseau de Saulces in the west.
History
This commune was occupied by the Germans during the First World War and again during the Second. The village was partially destroyed.
On 6 April 1944 six people were arrested on the Chesnois farm and deported for helping airmen of the U.S. Air Force, whose aircraft were shot down, to evade capture by the Germans.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2009 the commune had 247 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.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)