Authe

Authe
Authe
	Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Authe
	Authe Authe
	Coordinates: 49°27′36″N 4°52′47″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Vouziers
Canton	Vouziers
Intercommunality	CC Argonne Ardennaise
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Sylvie Lefort
Area 1	9.47 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	90
• Density	9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08033 /08240
Elevation	164–225 m (538–738 ft) ; (avg. 172 m or 564 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Authois or Authoises.[2]

Geography

Authe is located some 45 km east by south-east of Rethel and 20 km north-east of Vouziers. Access to the commune is by road D12 from Brieulles-sur-Bar in the north which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south to join the D947 south of the commune. The commune consists entirely of farmland.[3]

The Bar river forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north-west to follow the Canal des Ardennes to join the Meuse near Vrigne-Meuse. The Ruisseau de Saint-Pierremont flows from the north-east of the commune past the village and joins the Bar on the south-western border of the commune.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Heraldry

Arms of Authe	Blazon: Party per pale Vert and Gules a wolf's head cabossed of Argent debruised by the division, in chief Sable charged with three fleurs-de-lis of Argent.

Administration

The War Memorial

The Village bus stop

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	Sylvie Lefort

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 92 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.[Note 1]

Population change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
336	331	347	365	406	396	370	394	378

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
-	-	349	342	367	365	361	351	337

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
334	311	280	245	243	211	184	164	141

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
143	125	96	87	83	94	93	92	-

Sources: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Population of Authe

Culture and heritage

The Church of Saint-Martin

The entrance to the church

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building registered as an historical monument:

The Church of Saint-Martin (14th century)[5]

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Notes and references

Notes

At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
Inhabitants of Ardennes (in French)
Google Maps
List of Mayors of France (in French)
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00078336 Church of Saint-Martin (in French)

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[5] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] Inhabitants of Ardennes (in French)

[Google-3] Google Maps

[4] List of Mayors of France (in French)

[6] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00078336 Church of Saint-Martin (in French)