Aire, Ardennes
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The Town Hall
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Location within Grand Est region
Aire
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| Coordinates: 49°28′56″N 4°09′44″E / 49.4822°N 4.1622°ECoordinates: 49°28′56″N 4°09′44″E / 49.4822°N 4.1622°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Rethel |
| Canton | Château-Porcien |
| Intercommunality | Pays Rethélois |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Olivier Flauzac |
| Area1 | 6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)2 | 217 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (89/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08004 /08190 |
| Elevation | 61–125 m (200–410 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Aire is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
Aire is some 15 km south by south west of Rethel midway on a direct line between Rethel and Guignicourt. The commune is traversed by Highway D926 running south-west from Blanzy-la-Salonnaise through the town of Aire and continuing south-west to Asfield. The only other access is by small country roads which criss-cross the commune. The commune is almost entirely farmland except for a small area of forest in the north. The Aisne river forms a small part of the northern border and the northern area of the commune is traversed by the Canal des Ardennes. There are no streams or hamlets in the commune.
The village suffered from fighting during the Wars of Religion between the Leaguers and the Calvinists in the wake of the killings at Gomont on the other side of the Aisne in May 1590.
It also suffered fires that ravaged much of the village in 1770 and 1780.
On the 1 March 1789 the inhabitants of the town, who were attached to the Bailiwick of Reims, wrote a list of grievances. The town then had 98 "fires". Through the concerns mentioned in this list of grievances some activities were highlighted, including the vineyards, and the cultivation of hemp that villagers wanted to rett in the river unmolested.
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