Auflance is a

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in the Ardennes department and

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of north-eastern

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Geography

Auflance is located on the frontier of

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along its eastern border some 38 km east by south-east of Sedan and 17 km north-west of Montmédy. Access to the commune is by the D17 road from Puilly-et-Charbeaux in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Sapogne-sur-Marche in the south-east. A small country road crosses the Belgian border and goes to

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. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Marche'' river forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows south-west to join the

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near

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. The ''Paquis'' river passes through the centre of the commune from north-west to south-east where it joins the ''Marche'' on the border of the commune. The ''Coquerte'' flows from the north in the west to the commune to join the ''Paquis''.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 86 inhabitants. Die Gartenlaube (1871) b 097

Sites and monuments

*The Chateau of Auflance (17th century) is registered as a historical monument. In the 17th century the Custine family came to settle in this border commune. They built a castle of which only a few vestiges remain: a round tower, tunnels, and a remarkable Renaissance door decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by a

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. *In the Church the Funeral Chapel of the Custines has a hallway decorated with coats of arms which were made during the

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