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Auvillers-les-Forges is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
Ardennes The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Ã…rdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...
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in the
Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
region of northern
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.


Geography

Auvillers-les-Forges is located some 27 km west by north-west of
Charleville-Mézières or ''Carolomacérienne'' , image flag=Flag of Charleville Mezieres.svg Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France, capital of the Ardennes department, Grand Est. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse. ...
and 22 km east by south-east of
Hirson Hirson ( pcd, Urchon) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Location Hirson is adjacent to Belgium. It is located in the northeastern department of Aisne, near the departments of Nord and ...
. Access to the commune is by the
European route E44 European route E44 is an intermediate E-road. Its route is Le Havre – Amiens – Charleville-Mézières – Luxembourg – Trier – Koblenz – Wetzlar – Gießen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bu ...
from
Maubert-Fontaine Maubert-Fontaine () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France. The communes ...
in the east which passes through the north of the commune intersecting the D877 in the commune and continuing to Hirson in the west. Access to the village is by the D877 from Éteignières in the north which passes through the length of the commune and the village and continues south to Champlin. The D20 goes south-east from the village to
Girondelle Girondelle () is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Geography The river Sormonne flows through the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list ...
. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Le Chateau-Vert north-east of the village. There is a large forest in the north of the commune (the ''Bois d'Auviller-les-Forges'') but the rest of the commune is farmland. The river
Sormonne Sormonne () is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Geography The river Sormonne, a left tributary of the Meuse, flows through the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes depart ...
flows through the commune from west to east just north of the village and continues east to join the
Meuse The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...
at Charleville-Mézières. The ''Ruisseau de Saint-Rémy'' rises just west of the village and flows south-west to join the ''Orvaux'' east of Fontenelle.


Neighbouring communes and villages


Heraldry


Administration

List of successive mayors


Demography

In 2017 the commune had 877 inhabitants.


See also

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Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Auvillers-les-Forges on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Auvillers-les-Forges'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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