Avançon, Ardennes Explained

Avançon
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Avançon.svg
Arrondissement:Rethel
Canton:Château-Porcien
Insee:08038
Postal Code:08300
Mayor:Yvan Lefevre[1]
Term:2023 - 2026
Intercommunality:Pays Rethélois
Coordinates:49.4761°N 4.2458°W
Elevation M:95
Area Km2:20.99

Avançon (in French pronounced as /avɑ̃sɔ̃/) is a commune in the Ardennes département in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Geography

Avançon is located some 10 km south-west of Rethel and 11 km east of Asfeld. Access to the commune is by the D18 road from Acy-Romance in the north-east which passes through the commune to the village near the centre then continues west to Blanzy-la-Salonnaise. The D26 road goes from the village north to Taizy. The D150 goes south-west from the village to Saint-Loup-en-Champagne. The commune is entirely farmland.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[3]

From To Name
1793 1807 Rémy Tagnon
1807 1830 Guillaume Alexandre Monceau
1830 1839 Jean Trichet
1839 1843 Barthélémy Michelet
1843 1876 Jean Nicolas Rémy Legrand
1876 1892 Alexandre Paul Victor Koehler
1892 1912 Hubert Emmanuel Legros
1912 1919 Charles Eugène Michelet
1919 1921 Barthélémy Michelet
1921 1929 Edmond Désiré Lefevre
1929 1965 Rémy Achille Monceau
1965 1994 Bernard Edmond Lefevre
1994 2001 Marie-Hélène Michelet
2001 2014 Philippe Hourlier
2014 2020 Hubert Launois
2020 current Yvan Lefevre

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avançonnais or Avançonnaises in French.[4]

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

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

Notable people linked to the commune

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024. fr.
  2. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avan%C3%A7on,+France/@49.4760021,4.2497303,11856m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e98f0f222af1b3:0x40a5fb99a3f7e50?hl=en Google Maps
  3. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=8452 List of Mayors of France
  4. https://www.habitants.fr/ardennes-08 Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes
  5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy