Élan (Ardennes)
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| local community | Flize | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Charleville-Mezieres | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 40 ′ N , 4 ° 45 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 08160 | |
| Former INSEE code | 08152 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Élan Monastery |
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Élan is a village and a former French commune with 75 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region . It belonged to the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières and the canton of Nouvion-sur-Meuse .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Flize , Balaives-et-Butz , Boutancourt and Élan were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Flize of the same name and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Flize.
geography
Élan is about ten kilometers south-southeast of Charleville-Mézières and about 13 kilometers west-southwest of Sedan . Élan is surrounded by the villages of Balaives-et-Butz in the north and west, Étrépigny in the north, Boutancourt in the north-east, Sapogne-et-Feuchères in the east, Vendresse in the south and south-east, Villers-le-Tilleul in the south and south-west and Singly in the Southwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 106 | 86 | 86 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 78 | 76 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
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- Notre-Dame church, a historic monument since 1946
- Cistercian monastery of Élan , founded in 1148, monument historique since 1946
