| Annelles | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Annelles 08.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Rethel |
| Canton: | Château-Porcien |
| Insee: | 08014 |
| Postal Code: | 08310 |
| Mayor: | Anne Cuif[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Pays Rethélois |
| Coordinates: | 49.4286°N 4.42°W |
| Elevation M: | 120 |
| Elevation Min M: | 98 |
| Elevation Max M: | 168 |
| Area Km2: | 12.31 |
Annelles (in French pronounced as /anɛl/) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
Annelles is located some 10 km south-east of Rethel and 4 km north-east of Juniville. It can be accessed by the D25 road from Juniville which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues to Saulces-Champenoises in the north-east. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland.[2]
List of Successive Mayors[3]
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1791 | 1807 | Sulpice Tocut | |||
| 1807 | 1816 | Jean-Rémy Coutin | |||
| 1816 | 1821 | François Baudet | |||
| 1821 | 1843 | Jean-Rémy Coutin | |||
| 1843 | 1843 | Jean-Baptiste Desterbay | |||
| 1843 | 1855 | Alexandre-Louis Lescuyer | General Councillor | ||
| 1856 | 1871 | Maximillien Tocut | |||
| 1871 | 1874 | Jean-Baptiste Vilain | |||
| 1874 | 1891 | Jules-Armand Carré | |||
| 1891 | 1898 | Jean-Baptiste Fricotteau | |||
| 1898 | Joseph-Auguste Devaux | ||||
| 1995 | 2001 | Dominique Tassot | |||
| 2001 | 2014 | Denis Fricotteau | |||
| 2014 | Current | Anne Cuif |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Annellois or Annelloises in French.[4]
The Church contains 3 Paintings: The Descent from the Cross, Christ and the Samaritan, and the Apparition of Madeleine (18th century) which are registered as historical objects.[5]
From the 1600s onwards the most prominent families were: Rogelet, Mahaut, Desterbay, Thierard, Vuibert, Hinguerlot, Guillet, Micart, Carrelot, Bonnevie, Perinet, Detez, Coutin, Fricoteau, Tocut, Giot, Forest, Verdelet, Lacour, Misset, Bechard, Mayot, Fequant, Lambert, Guillemin, Prévoteau, Soibinet, Simon, Melin, and Gobron.