Fossé (Ardennes)

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Fossé
Fossé (France)
Fossé
region Grand Est
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Vouziers
Canton Vouziers
Community association Argonne Ardennaise
Coordinates 49 ° 27 '  N , 5 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '  N , 5 ° 0'  E
height 208-329 m
surface 8.94 km 2
Residents 54 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 6 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 08240
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) of Fossé

Fossé is a French commune with 54 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 Vouziers , the canton of Vouziers (until 2015 Buzancy ) and the Argonne Ardennaise municipality .

geography

Fossé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bar-lès-Buzancy in the north-west, Vaux-en-Dieulet in the north, Belval-Bois-des-Dames in the north-east, Nouart in the east and Buzancy in the south and south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2015 2016
Residents 129 109 82 86 83 76 56 52 53
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Nicolas Church, 1955 by artists Pierre Szekely , Vera Székely, André Borderie, Agnès Varda at the request of and Robert Morel Cooperative for the reconstruction of destroyed churches in France (Coopérative de reconstruction of églises dévastées de France) restored church, monument historique since 2011

Web links

Commons : Fossé  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Entry no. PA08000013 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)