Autry () is a commune in the

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in the

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region of north-eastern

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Autryens'' or ''Autryennes''.

Geography

Autry is located some 50 km east of

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and 25 km north by north-west of Sainte-Menehould. The southern border of the commune is the departmental boundary between

and

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. Access to the commune is by road D21 from Challerange in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Binarville in the south-east after changing to the D63 at the departmental border. The D218 goes west from the village to

Bouconville Bouconville () 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 cooperat ...

and the D41 goes north-east to Lançon. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of La Gare in the west. Large areas of the commune are forested, especially in the west, and there is a large fish farm in the east. The rest of the commune is farmland.Google Maps
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Aisne Aisne ( , ; ; pcd, Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2019, it had a population of 531,345.Oise at

Compiègne Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''. Administration Compiègne is the seat of two cantons: * Compiègne-1 (with 19 c ...

. The ''Dormoise'' flows from the south-west to join the Aisne in the commune. The ''Remy Galere'' rises on the northern border and flows east to join the Aisne forming part of the northern border.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 117 inhabitants.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has one structure that is registered as an historical monument: *A Flour Mill (20th century) ;Another site of interest: *Around the church in the village there are traces of a medieval fortification system.''The discovery of medieval sites in North Argonne''
published by Daniel Hochedez in the Horizons d'Argonne review, No. 88, June 2011, p. 9-10 File:Autry-FR-08-lavoir-11.jpg, Inside the Lavoir File:Autry-FR-08-lavoir-12.jpg, Inside the Lavoir File:Autry-FR-08-église-09.jpg, The village and the church File:Autry-FR-08-bondieuserie-05.JPG, A Shrine File:Autry-FR-08-chapelle mariale-01.jpg, Chapel of Mary File:Autry-FR-08-chapelle Saint-Lambert-05.jpg, The Chapel of Saint Lambert File:Autry-FR-08-monument aux morts-03.JPG, The War Memorial

Notable people linked to the commune

Louis Marie Alphonse Depuiset Louis Marie Alphonse Depuiset (20 September 1822 Autuy, Ardennes - 17 March 1886 Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was, from 1850, an insect dealer in Paris and a close friend of Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean ...

(1822-1886),

Entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

References

External links

Autry on the old IGN website

Autry on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Autry'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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