Vrigne-aux-Bois
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| local community | Vrigne aux Bois | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Ardennes | |
| Arrondissement | Sedan | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 44 ' N , 4 ° 51' E | |
| Post Code | 08330 | |
| Former INSEE code | 08491 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former town hall |
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Vrigne-aux-Bois is a village and a former French commune with 3,207 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Sedan and the Canton of Sedan-1 .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Vrigne-aux-Bois and Bosseval-et-Briancourt were merged into a Commune nouvelle called Vrigne aux Bois and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . To distinguish it from the old church, the new church no longer has any hyphens in its name. The administrative center is in Vrigne-aux-Bois.
location
Vrigne-aux-Bois is located in northern France on the border with Belgium . The northern municipal border coincides with the state border. Sedan is about 10 kilometers southeast, Reims about 100 kilometers southwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 3397 | 3691 | 3763 | 3897 | 3771 | 3668 | 3506 | 3305 |
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Personalities
- Jean Nicolas Gendarme (1769–1845), metal industrialist, born and died in Vrigne
- Marie-Louise Butzig (1944–2017), national soccer player, later councilor and died in Vrigne
