Avaux

Commune

the Church of Notre-Dame

Coat of arms

Avaux

Location within Grand Est region

Avaux

Coordinates: 49°27′24″N 4°05′03″E / 49.4567°N 4.0842°ECoordinates: 49°27′24″N 4°05′03″E / 49.4567°N 4.0842°E

Country

Pays Rethélois

Government

• Mayor (2008–2020)

Didier Marby

Area¹

13.19 km² (5.09 sq mi)

Population (2010)²

464

• Density

35/km² (91/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

08039 /08190

Elevation

57–130 m (187–427 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)

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.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avalois or Avaloises.

The commune has been awarded two flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.

Avaux is located some 22 km west by south-west of Rethel and 38 km south-east of Laon. Access to the commune is by the D523 from Évergnicourt in the south-west which changes to the D137 at the border then continues to the village and north-east to join the D18 south-west of Saint-Germainmont. The D966 forms the western border of the commune as it goes south from Lor to Evergnicourt. Apart from thin strips of forest along the eastern and southern borders the commune is entirely farmland.

The Canal latéral à l'Aisne forms the southern border of the commune and the Aisne river forms the eastern border then runs through the south of the commune parallel to the canal as it flows west to eventually join the Seine at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.

Blazon:
Azure, a lion crowned Argent issuant, in chief Or a crescent of Sable between two mullets the same.

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

In 2010 the commune had 464 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 communes 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)

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