Arreux

Arreux
Commune
View of the village
Coat of arms
Location of Arreux
Arreux
Arreux
Coordinates: 49°49′32″N 4°39′09″E / 49.8256°N 4.6525°E / 49.8256; 4.6525
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementCharleville-Mézières
CantonCharleville-Mézières-2
IntercommunalityArdenne Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) Agnès Henon[1]
Area
1
4.23 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
353
 • Density83.5/km2 (216/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08022 /08090
Elevation246 m (807 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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.[3]

Geography

Arreux is located in a hilly area on the edge of The Ardennes some 9 km north-west of Charleville-Mézières and 3 km east by south-east of Renwez. Access to the commune is by road D22 from Montcornet in the west passing through the village and continuing east to Nouzonville. The D22 also forms the south-eastern border of the commune. Some two thirds of the commune is heavily forested - especially in the east, with some farmland around the village.[4]

The Ruisseau du Fond d'Arreux forms the north eastern and north-western border of the commune as it flows around the commune and then away to the south-west. A stream rises south of the village and flows north to join the Ruisseau du Fond d'Arreux.

Toponymy

According to Ernest Nègre the name Arreux comes from aridus meaning "arid".[5]

Heraldry

Blazon:

Quarterly, 1 of Vert a tête de Chèvre erased of Argent; 2 of Argent two hammers Vert posed saltirewise; 3 of Argent a garb of 3 ears of wheat Vert; 4 of Vert a wolf's head erased of Argent.



Administration

List of Successive Mayors[6]

From To Name
1965 1972 Louis Savary de Beauregard
1972 1983 Robert Remacly
1983 2001 Yves Doe
2001 2020 Robert Colson
2020 current Emmanuel Roussel

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Cabres in French.[7]

Sites and monuments

  • The Church of Saint Lambert from 1811
  • The Chateau of Arreux (private property). The old Chateau of Arreux, shown in the Album of Croy, has not left any traces.
  • A Lavoir (public laundry) transformed into a library
  • The Church of Saint Lambert
  • Lateral view of the church
  • The oratory of the chapel
  • The old Lavoir converted to a library
  • A cross with the commune Arms

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ Arreux in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  4. ^ Google Maps
  5. ^ Ernest Nègre, General Toponymy of France, 1990, Librairie Droz, Vol. 1, 710 pages, p. 325, ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7, Read online (in French)
  6. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  7. ^ Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes, habitants.fr
  8. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arreux, EHESS (in French).
  9. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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