Aubigny-les-Pothées | |
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| Coordinates:49°46′37″N4°26′12″E / 49.7769°N 4.4367°E /49.7769; 4.4367 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mézières |
| Canton | Signy-l'Abbaye |
| Intercommunality | CC Ardennes Thiérache |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Alain Malherbe[1] |
Area 1 | 10.42 km2 (4.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 306 |
| • Density | 29.4/km2 (76.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08026 /08150 |
| Elevation | 177–294 m (581–965 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Aubigny-les-Pothées (French pronunciation:[obiɲilepɔte], before 1962:Aubigny)[3] is acommune in theArdennesdepartment in theGrand Est region of northernFrance.
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Aubigny-les-Pothées is located some 25 km west ofCharleville-Mézières and 13 km north ofSigny-l'Abbaye. Access to the commune is by road D978 fromLogny-Bogny in the west which passes through the commune and the village and continues east toRouvroy-sur-Audry. The D985 branches off the D978 at the eastern border of the commune and goes south to Signy-l'Abbaye. The minor D20 road goes north from the village toAuvillers-les-Forges. A railway line passes through the commune from east to west but there is no station in the commune. The nearest station is atLiart to the west. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[4]
The Audry river flows through the commune and the village from west to east and continues east to join the Sormonne south ofSormonne.[4]
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TwoMerovingian cemeteries have been identified in the commune: one at a place calledBocmont, the other at a place calledCroix-Ancelet. The bodies showed the characteristic positioning ofarms along the body and legs separated which predominated in the region in the 6th and 7th centuries.[5]
In the 13th century the village was the main town inles Potées ecclesiastical domain which was a possession of the chapter ofReims.[6] The letterh inPothées was introduced later. Aubigny was the main town of this possession.
In 1436 people fromLiège burned the Chateau of Aubigny.[7]
In the early days of the First World War in 1914, the village church was a very basic hospital. Straw scattered on the ground served as a bed for the wounded.
| Blazon: Azure, a cross of Argent cantoned with four fleurs-de-lis of Or. |
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List of Successive Mayors[8]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1883 | Nicolas Armand Lecerre | |
| 1953 | Claude Béroard | |
| 2001 | current | Alain Malherbe |
Aubigny-les-Pothées has adhered to the charter of theRegional Natural Park of the Ardennes since its creation in December 2011.
The inhabitants of the commune are known asAubignois orAubignoises in French.[9]
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