Autrecourt-et-Pourron
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Sedan | |
| Canton | Carignan | |
| Community association | Portes du Luxembourg | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 37 ' N , 5 ° 2' E | |
| height | 154-312 m | |
| surface | 12.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 342 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 08210 | |
| INSEE code | 08034 | |
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Autrecourt-et-Pourron is a French commune with 342 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region . The place belongs to the Arrondissement Sedan and the canton Carignan . In addition, the community is part of the company founded in 1994 Municipalities of the Portes du Luxembourg . The residents call themselves Autrecourtois (es) .
geography
Autrecourt-et-Pourron is located on the Meuse around twelve kilometers southeast of Sedan in the east of the Ardennes department.
Neighboring communities are Villers-devant-Mouzon in the north, Mouzon in the northeast and east, Yoncq in the south, Raucourt-et-Flaba in the southwest and Haraucourt in the northwest. The western half of the municipality is heavily forested ( Bois d'Autrecourt and Bois du Sou ).
history
The community belonged to the Sedan district from 1793 to 1801. From 1801 to 1926 it was part of the Sedan arrondissement. After that she was assigned to the Arrondissement of Mézières from 1926 to 1942. Since 1942 it has belonged again to the Sedan arrondissement. From 1793 to 2015 the municipality was within the canton of Mouzon . In 1827 the communities Autrecourt with 640 inhabitants (status: 1821) and Pourron with 82 inhabitants (status: 1821) merged to form today's municipality.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1872 | 1911 | 1921 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 633 | 688 | 768 | 722 | 907 | 995 | 916 | 474 | 376 | 357 | 472 | 483 | 442 | 442 | 383 | 350 | 348 | 349 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area | ||||||||||||||||||
