Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil () is a commune in the

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department in the

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region of northern

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Geography

Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil is located some 10 km east of

Rethel Rethel () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture and third-most important city and economic center in the department. It is situated on the river Aisne, near the northern border of Champagne and 37 ...

and 35 km south-west of

Charleville-Mézières Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France and the prefecture of the Ardennes department, in the Grand Est region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse. History Charleville and Mézières were ori ...

. The D30 road from Amagne to Écordal passes through the northern part of the commune. The village can be accessed off the D30 via the D14 which passes through the village then continues east to Charbogne. There is also the D43 road from just south of Écordal which passes south through the commune to Saulces-Champenoises. A branch railway line passes through the commune from Lucquy station in the west to the station just south of the village and the line continues south-east to Attigny station. Apart from the village the commune consists entirely of farmland.Google Maps
/ref> ''La Foivre'' stream flows south through the eastern part of the commune and continues to join the

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south of the commune. There are several other small streams in the east of the commune and the ''Ruisseau de Saulces'' in the west.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

This commune was occupied by the Germans during the

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and again during the Second. The village was partially destroyed. On 6 April 1944 six people were arrested on the Chesnois farm and deported for helping airmen of the

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, whose aircraft were shot down, to evade capture by the Germans.commemoration of the martyrs of March-April 1944''
L'Union, 19 April 2011

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Population

Sites and Monuments

*The Church of Saint Catherine (12th century) is a Romanesque church located in the heart of the village. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1986.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *Some beautiful fortified farms, mostly made of brick. *A Chateau in the hamlet of Sausseuil.

Notable people linked to the commune

Charles Batteux Charles Batteux (6 May 171314 July 1780) was a French philosopher and writer on aesthetics. Biography Batteux was born in Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil, Ardennes, and studied theology at Reims. In 1739 he came to Paris, and after teaching in the coll ...

(1713-1780) was a clergyman, Translator, Latin scholar, author of scholastic books. Professor of rhetoric. Held a Chair of Greek and Latin philosophy. Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1754. *The

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fighters arrested by the Gestapo at the Chesnois farm in 1944: the Fromentin family (Georges, Georgette, Jean, Lucienne), Paul Sagnet, Blanche Deloche-Sagnet, Charles Lambert, Robert Couvin.

References

External links

Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil on the old National Geographic Institute website

Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Allandhuy'' and ''Sausscuille'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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