Saint-Jean-aux-Bois (Ardennes)

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Saint-Jean-aux-Bois
Saint-Jean-aux-Bois (France)
Saint-Jean-aux-Bois
region Grand Est
Department Ardennes
Arrondissement Rethel
Canton Signy-l'Abbaye
Community association Crêtes Préardennaises
Coordinates 49 ° 44 ′  N , 4 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′  N , 4 ° 18 ′  E
surface 8.9 km 2
Residents 107 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 08220
INSEE code 08382

Town hall ( Mairie ) of Saint-Jean-aux-Bois

Saint-Jean-aux-Bois is a French commune with 107 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 , to the canton of Signy-l'Abbaye (until 2015: canton of Chaumont-Porcien ) and to the community association Crêtes Préardennaises .

geography

The community is bounded to the southeast by the Malacquise River . Saint-Jean-aux-Bois is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rocquigny in the west, Le Fréty in the northwest, La Férée in the north, Maranwez in the east, Montmeillant in the southeast and La Romagne in the south.

history

The old Montmeillant-Saint-Jean train station

During the French Revolution , the place was temporarily named Libre-Bois .

The community was from December 1885 until its closure in 1953 on the railway line from Hirson to Amagne - Lucquy .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012 2016
Residents 267 246 201 161 139 138 141 139 117
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

  • Saint-Jean-aux-Bois market hall

Web links

Commons : Saint-Jean-aux-Bois  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry no. PA00078499 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)