Jandun

Jandun is a French commune with 285 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Champagne-Ardenne ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Charleville-Mézières and to the municipal association Crêtes Préardennaises, founded in 1995 . The inhabitants are called Jandunois .

geography

Jandun is located on the southern foothills of the Ardennes on the upper Vence , about 17 kilometers southwest of Charleville-Mézières and about 30 kilometers west-southwest of Sedan . The districts of Les Poteries and Ferme aux Corbeaux belong to the municipality . Jandun is surrounded by the neighboring communities Thin-le-Moutier , Fagnon and Gruyères in the north, Barbaise in the east, Raillicourt in the south-east, Villers-le-Tourneur and Neuvizy in the south and Launois-sur-Vence in the west.

Notre-Dame church from the 12th and 13th centuries with frescoes from the 19th century, a baroque altar, some carved capitals and stained glass windows and statues in the interior
Monumental cross in front of the church, Monument historique since 1963
War memorial

Jandun is partly rural. There are 13 farms in the municipality (growing grain and vegetables, breeding horses and cattle).

The D3 from Launois-sur-Vence to Charleville-Mézières and the D35 from Launois-sur-Vence to Poix-Terron run through the municipality of Jandun . In Poix-Terron, six kilometers away, there is a connection to the A34 Autoroute ( Reims - Sedan ). The nearest train station on the Soissons – Givet line is also located here .

Johann von Jandun (between 1280 and 1290–1328), averroistic philosopher, theologian and political theorist, born between 1280 and 1290 in Jandun
Jacques Égide Duhan de Jandun (1685–1746), educator of Frederick the Great and later Brunswick librarian in Blankenburg and Prussian privy councilor in the Foreign Affairs Office (Legation Councilor) in Berlin, born on March 14, 1685 in Jandun

Commons : Jandun - collection of images