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Aubigny-les-Pothées () is a Communes of France, commune in the Ardennes (department), Ardennes Departments of France, department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aubignois'' or ''Aubignoises''.
/ref> The Audry river flows through the commune and the village from west to east and continues east to join the Sormonne south of Sormonne.
Two Merovingian cemeteries have been identified in the commune: one at a place called ''Bocmont'', the other at a place called ''Croix-Ancelet''. The bodies showed the characteristic positioning of ''arms along the body and legs separated'' which predominated in the region in the 6th and 7th centuries.Patrick Perin, ''Historic Review of Ardennes'', No. 5, 1971, pp. 22-25
In the 13th century the village was the main town in ''les Potées'' ecclesiastical domain which was a possession of the chapter of Reims.Octave Guelliot, ''Traditional and Popular geography of Ardennes'', Librairie Emile Nourry, 1931 The letter ''h'' in ''Pothées'' was introduced later. Aubigny was the main town of this possession.
In 1436 people from Liège burned the Chateau of Aubigny.M. Badin, ''Classical and Administrative departmental geography of France, Department of Ardennes'', 1848, p.163
In the early days of the First World War in 1914, the village church was a very basic hospital. Straw scattered on the ground served as a bed for the wounded.
List of Mayors of France
Aubigny-les-Pothées has adhered to the charter of the ''Regional Natural Park of the Ardennes'' since its creation in December 2011.
File:FR-08-Aubigny-les-Pothées.JPG, The church Square
File:Aubigny-les-Pothées (Ardennes) église, chevet.JPG, The chevet of the Church
File:Aubigny-les-Pothées (Ardennes) église, fontaine sous le portail.JPG, The fountain under the entrance of the Church
File:Aubigny-les-Pothées (Ardennes) église, sommet de la tour.JPG, The top of the steeple
Aubigny-les-Pothées on Géoportail
Institut géographique national, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Aubigny'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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Geography
Aubigny-les-Pothées is located some 25 km west of Charleville-Mézières and 13 km north of Signy-l'Abbaye. Access to the commune is by road D978 from Logny-Bogny in the west which passes through the commune and the village and continues east to Rouvroy-sur-Audry. The D985 branches off the D978 at the eastern border of the commune and goes south to Signy-l'Abbaye. The minor D20 road goes north from the village to Auvillers-les-Forges. A railway line passes through the commune from east to west but there is no station in the commune. The nearest station is at Liart to the west. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.Google Maps/ref> The Audry river flows through the commune and the village from west to east and continues east to join the Sormonne south of Sormonne.
Neighbouring communes and villages
History
Two Merovingian cemeteries have been identified in the commune: one at a place called ''Bocmont'', the other at a place called ''Croix-Ancelet''. The bodies showed the characteristic positioning of ''arms along the body and legs separated'' which predominated in the region in the 6th and 7th centuries.Patrick Perin, ''Historic Review of Ardennes'', No. 5, 1971, pp. 22-25
In the 13th century the village was the main town in ''les Potées'' ecclesiastical domain which was a possession of the chapter of Reims.Octave Guelliot, ''Traditional and Popular geography of Ardennes'', Librairie Emile Nourry, 1931 The letter ''h'' in ''Pothées'' was introduced later. Aubigny was the main town of this possession.
In 1436 people from Liège burned the Chateau of Aubigny.M. Badin, ''Classical and Administrative departmental geography of France, Department of Ardennes'', 1848, p.163
In the early days of the First World War in 1914, the village church was a very basic hospital. Straw scattered on the ground served as a bed for the wounded.
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive MayorsDemography
In 2017 the commune had 315 inhabitants.Sites and monuments
Notable people linked to the commune
*Edouard Piette (1827-1906) Archaeologist and pre-historian, born in Aubigny-les-PothéesSee also
*Communes of the Ardennes departmentReferences
External links
Aubigny-les-Pothées on Géoportail
Institut géographique national, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Aubigny'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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