Écordal
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Vouziers | |
| Canton | Attigny | |
| Community association | Crêtes Préardennaises | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 32 ' N , 4 ° 35' E | |
| height | 89-172 m | |
| surface | 12.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 324 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 08130 | |
| INSEE code | 08151 | |
 Town hall ( Mairie ) of Écordal |
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Écordal is a French commune with 324 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Champagne-Ardenne ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Vouziers , the canton of Attigny (until 2015: canton of Tourteron ) and the community association Crêtes Préardennaises .
geography
The municipality is crossed by the Foivre river and is surrounded by fields, meadows, orchards and forests. Écordal is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Loup-Terrier in the north, Guincourt in the northeast, Tourteron in the east, Suzanne and Charbogne in the southeast, Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil in the southwest and the communities of Sorcy in the canton of Signy-l'Abbaye -Bauthémont to the west and Chesnois-Auboncourt to the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2005 | 2010 | 2016 |
| Residents | 359 | 325 | 291 | 225 | 214 | 267 | 302 | 293 | 325 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Rémi church
- Écordal Watermill, a pigment factory founded in 1866. It is the last factory in France to produce natural earth colors .
Saint-Rémi church
Watermill
Personalities
- Jean-Charles de Coucy (1746–1824), Bishop of La Rochelle and Archbishop of Reims
