Aubenton
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Commune
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Jean Mermoz Museum and the town hall
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Location of Aubenton | |
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Coordinates: 49°50′12″N 4°12′17″E / 49.8367°N 4.2047°E / 49.8367; 4.2047 | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Aisne |
Arrondissement | Vervins |
Canton | Hirson |
Intercommunality | Trois Rivières |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Grehant[1] |
Area
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| 23.7 km2 (9.2 sq mi) |
Population
(2021)[2]
| 660 |
• Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
02031 /02500
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Elevation | 168–259 m (551–850 ft) (avg. 182 m or 597 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Aubenton (French pronunciation: [obɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a commune in the departmentofAisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
Aubenton derives its name from its location near the confluence (in the commune of Hannappes to the east) of the Aube and the Thon.
The commune is located some 70 km east of Saint Quentin and 40 km west by northwest of Charleville-Mézières. The D1043 (E44) road from Hirson to Charleville-Mézières runs along the northern border of the commune. The village can be accessed from this road by the D5 road running southeast or the D37 road running south-west. The D5 road continues through the commune and south, changing to the D977, and continuing to Rozoy-sur-Serre. The D37 road continues west from the village to Besmont. There is also the D38 road from Leuze in the west passing through the village and continuing to Hannappes in the east. The railway from Hirson to Charleville-Mézières also passes through the commune following the course of the river Thon but there is no station in the commune, the nearest being at Liart to the east. The commune is about 80% farmland with the rest extensive forests in the south. There are a number of hamlets other than the village. These are:
The river Thon flows from east to west through the north of the commune eventually joining the OiseatEtreaupont. The Ruisseau du Bois Carbonnet rises in the south of the commune, discharging into the Ruisseau de l'Étang Polliart, a tributary of the Thon.[3]
Aubenton is surrounded by 7 communes: Brunehamel, Iviers, Beaumé, Leuze, Any-Martin-Rieux, Logny-lès-Aubenton, and Mont-Saint-Jean.[4]
Places adjacent to Aubenton
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The department of Aisne has 10 people designated "Righteous Among the Nations" (French people who helped Jews during the war), of whom 3 were from Aubenton:
Shot by the Gestapo on the Aubenton-Besmont road (D37) on 30 March 1944, Emile Fontaine was recognized as a captain in the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) after the Liberation. All three had saved 10 escapees from the "Judenlager of Mazures" who hid for a time at Buirefontaine.[7]
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Blazon: Or, a Castle in gules masoned in sable with three ports open.
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List of Successive Mayors of Aubenton[8]
From | To | Name |
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1640 | 1648 | Roland Dobsen |
1848 | 1649 | Dormet |
1649 | 1688 | Nicolas Deswatines |
1688 | 1694 | Dormet |
1694 | 1704 | Jean Grégoire de l'Etang-Neuf |
1704 | 1708 | Martin Brucelle |
1708 | 1753 | Louis Dambraine |
1754 | 1763 | Jacques Coyer |
1763 | 1790 | Jacques Pierre Coyer |
1790 | 1800 | Louis Antoine Sorlin |
1800 | 1816 | Nicolas de Villelongue |
1816 | 1830 | Joseph Petit |
1830 | 1831 | Edouard Marie Louis Ternaux |
1831 | 1836 | César Millet |
1836 | 1840 | Paul Emile Barbier |
1840 | 1848 | Célestin Landragin |
1848 | 1849 | Joseph Millet |
1848 | 1850 | Joseph Prud'homme |
1850 | 1870 | Célestin Landragin |
1871 | 1902 | Isidore Cabaret |
1902 | 1909 | Henri Cabaret |
1908 | 1914 | Juramie |
1914 | 1919 | Procureur |
1919 | 1926 | Fernand Dizy |
From | To | Name | Party | Position |
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1926 | 1946 | Henri Bouxin | ||
1946 | 1971 | Charles Dejume | ||
1971 | 1973 | Marcel Ferraris | ||
1973 | 1983 | Guy Navaux | ||
1983 | 1989 | Christian Pillot | ||
1989 | 2001 | René Sablin | PCF | |
2001 | 2013 | Bernard Noé | UMP | General Council Member (2001-2013) |
2013 | 2020 | Denise Charlier[9] | DVD | |
2020 | incumbent | Bernard Grehant[1] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,078 | — |
1975 | 1,002 | −1.04% |
1982 | 969 | −0.48% |
1990 | 826 | −1.98% |
1999 | 713 | −1.62% |
2007 | 703 | −0.18% |
2012 | 679 | −0.69% |
2017 | 657 | −0.66% |
Source: INSEE[10] |
The commune has a very large number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments.[11] An abridged list of the most prominent historical monuments is shown below.
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