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Country
  
France

Department
  
Ardennes

Canton
  
Raucourt-et-Flaba

Area
  
3.73 km²

Population
  
350 (1999)

Region
  
Grand Est

Arrondissement
  
Sedan

Intercommunality
  
Trois Cantons

Local time
  
Friday 12:12 AM

Angecourt

Weather
  
3°C, Wind NE at 0 km/h, 85% Humidity

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

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Map of 08450 Angecourt, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Dadas

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.

Geography

Angecourt is located some 8 km south-east of Sedan and 7 km north-west of Mouzon. Access to the commune is by road D6 from Remilly-Aillicourt in the north-east which passes through the commune and the village and continues to Haraucourt in the south-west. About half of the commune in the south and east is forested with the rest farmland.

The Ennemane flows through the commune from south-west to north-east to join the Coupure de Remilly at Remilly-Aillicourt.

History

  • From 1560 to 1642 Angecourt was part of the Principality of Sedan.
  • Battle of Sedan (1940)
  • Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Demography

    In 2009 the commune had 352 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)

    Civil heritage

    A Spinning Mill at 15 Rue du Chateau (19th century) is registered as an historical monument.

    Religious heritage

  • The Church of Saint Médard contains a Funeral Plaque of Nicolas des Oudet (18th century) which is registered as an historical object.
  • References

    Angecourt Wikipedia