Barby (Ardennes)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Rethel | |
| Canton | Rethel | |
| Community association | Pays Rethélois | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 31 ' N , 4 ° 19' E | |
| height | 66-142 m | |
| surface | 11.32 km 2 | |
| Residents | 415 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 08300 | |
| INSEE code | 08048 | |
_city_limit_sign.JPG) Entrance to Barby |
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Barby is a French commune with 415 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Rethel , the Canton of Rethel and the Pays Rethélois municipal association .
geography
The Aisne runs through the southern municipal area, where, like the Ardennes Canal, it forms the municipal boundary in sections. The river Vaux crosses the municipality on a short section to the west and flows into the Aisne at the municipal boundary with Château-Porcien . Barby is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Arnicourt and Sorbon in the north, by the canton capital Rethel in the east, Acy-Romance in the southeast, Nanteuil-sur-Aisne in the south and by the municipalities of Taizy in the canton of Château-Porcien in the southwest and Château-Porcien in the West and Écly to the northwest.
history
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During excavations, a Bronze Age grave was discovered in Barby . The village was crossed by a Roman road from Rethel to Château-Porcien.
In the Middle Ages, the village of Gerson, which has now disappeared, was located on today's territory of the municipality . Jean de Gerson , who later became Chancellor of the University of Paris , was born here in 1363 .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 234 | 209 | 211 | 347 | 384 | 352 | 371 | 377 | 407 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, built in 1880
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Personalities
- Jean de Gerson (1363–1429), theologian , mystic and chancellor of the Paris Sorbonne
