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Autry () is a Communes of France, commune in the Ardennes (department), Ardennes Departments of France, department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Autryens'' or ''Autryennes''.


Geography

Autry is located some 50 km east of Reims and 25 km north by north-west of Sainte-Menehould. The southern border of the commune is the departmental boundary between Ardennes (department), Ardennes and Marne (department), Marne. 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 and the D41 goes north-east to Lançon, Ardennes, 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
/ref> The Aisne (river), Aisne river forms part of the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north then west to the village then north again as it continues its journey to join the Oise at Compiègne. 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 (1822-1886), Entomologist.


See also

*Communes of the Ardennes department


References


External links


Autry on the old IGN website

Autry on Géoportail
Institut géographique national, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Autry'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{authority control Communes of Ardennes (department)