Avaux
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Rethel | |
| Canton | Château-Porcien | |
| Community association | Pays Rethélois | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 27 ' N , 4 ° 6' E | |
| height | 57-130 m | |
| surface | 13.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 466 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 35 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 08190 | |
| INSEE code | 08039 | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) and Avaux School |
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Avaux is a French commune with 466 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Champagne-Ardenne ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Rethel , the canton of Château-Porcien ( Asfeld until 2015 ) and the Pays Rethélois municipal association . The inhabitants are called Avalois (es) in French .
geography
The Aisne forms the southeastern and southern municipal boundary. Surrounded Avaux of the neighboring communities of Villers-devant-le-Thour in the north, Asfeld in the Northeast, Vieux-lès-Asfeld in the southeast, Brienne-sur-Aisne in the south and from the region Hauts-de-France , Aisne , located communes of Évergnicourt in the southwest and west and Proviseux-et-Plesnoy on a short section in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2015 |
| Residents | 355 | 327 | 317 | 293 | 404 | 454 | 463 | 455 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame church
Personalities
- Claude de Mesmes , comte d'Avaux (1595–1650), French diplomat
- Jean-Jacques de Mesmes , comte d'Avaux (1640–1688), official of the royal administration
