Auflance | |
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Location of Auflance  | |
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| Coordinates:49°37′11″N5°17′31″E / 49.6197°N 5.2919°E /49.6197; 5.2919 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Ardennes |
| Arrondissement | Sedan |
| Canton | Carignan |
| Intercommunality | CC Portes du Luxembourg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Marie Turchi[1] |
Area 1 | 6.16 km2 (2.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 81 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 08029 /08370 |
| Elevation | 176–281 m (577–922 ft) (avg. 193 m or 633 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Auflance is acommune in theArdennesdepartment andGrand Estregion of north-easternFrance.
Auflance is located on the frontier ofBelgium along its eastern border some 38 km east by south-east ofSedan and 17 km north-west ofMontmédy. Access to the commune is by the D17 road fromPuilly-et-Charbeaux in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues toSapogne-sur-Marche in the south-east. A small country road crosses the Belgian border and goes toVillers-Devant-Orval. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[3]
TheMarche river forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows south-west to join theChiers nearMargut. ThePaquis river passes through the centre of the commune from north-west to south-east where it joins theMarche on the border of the commune. TheCoquerte flows from the north in the west to the commune to join thePaquis.[3]
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| Blazon: Or, a bend of Sable charged with 3 Fleurs-de-lis Argent posed in bend côtoyée with 2 bendlets of Sable; in chief Gules. |
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2014 | Michèle Delgoffe |
| 2014 | 2020 | Sabrina Thiébault |
| 2020 | current | Jean-Marie Turchi |
In 2017 the commune had 86 inhabitants.
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is registered as a historical monument.[7] In the 17th century the Custine family came to settle in this border commune. They built a castle of which only a few vestiges remain: a round tower, tunnels, and a remarkable Renaissance door decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by aPietà.
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