Angecourt
Commune
Angecourt village
Angecourt village
Coat of arms of Angecourt
Coat of arms
Location of Angecourt
Angecourt is located in France
Angecourt
Angecourt
Angecourt is located in Grand Est
Angecourt
Angecourt
Coordinates: 49°38′06″N 4°58′47″E / 49.635°N 4.9797°E / 49.635; 4.9797
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementSedan
CantonVouziers
IntercommunalityPortes du Luxembourg
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédérique Kretzmeyer Zaltani[1]
Area
1
3.73 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
387
 • Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08013 /08450
Elevation161–307 m (528–1,007 ft)
(avg. 270 m or 890 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Angecourt (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʒkuʁ]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Dadas[3]

The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[4]

Geography

Angecourt is located some 8 km south-east of Sedan and 7 km north-west of Mouzon. Access to the commune is by road D6 from Remilly-Aillicourt in the north-east which passes through the commune and the village and continues to Haraucourt in the south-west. About half of the commune in the south and east is forested with the rest farmland.[5]

The Ennemane flows through the commune from south-west to north-east to join the Coupure de Remilly at Remilly-Aillicourt.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

Heraldry

Arms of Angecourt
Arms of Angecourt
 The official status of the blazon remains to be determined

Blazon:
Azure, a chevron of Or accompanied in chief at dexter a horsehead regardant, at sinister two annulets interlaced, at nombril point a mullet of six points pierced, all of Argent.



Administration

List of Successive Mayors

FromToName
20012020Jean-Claude Philippe[6]
2020CurrentFrédérique Kretzmeyer Zaltani

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 416—    
1975 397−0.67%
1982 407+0.36%
1990 359−1.56%
1999 350−0.28%
2007 335−0.55%
2012 401+3.66%
2017 392−0.45%
Source: INSEE[7]
The Town Hall

Culture and heritage

The Church of Saint Médard

Civil heritage

A Spinning Mill at 15 Rue du Chateau (19th century) is registered as an historical monument.[8]

Religious heritage

  • The Church of Saint Médard contains a Funeral Plaque of Nicolas des Oudet (18th century) which is registered as an historical object.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Inhabitants of Ardennes (in French)
  4. ↑ Angecourt in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  5. ↑ Google Maps
  6. ↑ List of Mayors of France
  7. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA08000311 Spinning Mill (in French)
  9. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM08000023 Funeral Plaque of Nicolas des Oudet (in French)
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