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Country
  
France

Department
  
Ardennes

Intercommunality
  
Juniville

Area
  
19.14 km²

Arrondissement
  
Rethel

Region
  
Grand Est

Canton
  
Juniville

Population (2010)
  
188

Local time
  
Thursday 3:35 PM

Aussonce

Weather
  
11°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 51% Humidity

Aussonce is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Contents

Map of 08310 Aussonce, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alsontains or Alsontaines.

Geography

Aussonce is located some 30 km north-east of Reims and 25 km south of Rethel. The western border of the commune is the departmental border between Ardennes and Marne. Access to the commune is by the D25 road from La Neuville-en-Tourne-à-Fuy in the east which passes through the village then continues west to Heutrégiville, changing to the D33 at the border. The D985 from La Neuville-en-Tourne-à-Fuy to Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers passes through the south-east of the commune. The D15 goes north-west from the village to Ménil-Lépinois. The commune consists entirely of flat farmland.

The Ruisseau d'Aussonce rises near the village and flows west to join the Suippe at Vaudetre.

History

In the Aussonce church bell tower there is the following inscription: "On 3 April 1650 the battle of Aussonce took place between the Germans and locals. It lasted from 9 in the morning until 7 in the evening. The people were beaten and forced to flee. Fire was set in the village and there remained a few houses and four barns".

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 188 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from 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 Chapel Saint Sindulphe: at the foot of the chapel is the source of a stream called le Relais which flows towards Marne department across "les Marais" (The Marshes) to join the Suippe in Heutrégiville commune.
  • The German War cemetery is in the woods (which belonged to Colonel Pierre Bouchez) on the road to Heutrégiville in a location whicvh was opposite a Russian concentration camp during World War II. Later the bodies were interred in cemeteries at Aussonce and Warmeriville. After coming to La Neuville under TAF, the German War Graves service (SESMA) settled at Heutrégiville on land sold by René Verdelet. "Reconciliation over the graves" was the motto.

    • Notable people linked to the commune

  • Jules Frérot, born in Thin-le-Moutier on 9 January 1823, died 5 October 1894 at Aussonce, forester, nurseryman, a member of the League of farmers of France, Mayor of Aussonce for 21 years, cantonal delegate, former alternate justice of the peace for the canton of Juniville.

    • References

    Aussonce Wikipedia
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