Les Autels

Les Autels
Les Autels entrance and view
Les Autels
Location within Picardy region  Les Autels
Coordinates: 49°45′51″N 4°13′33″E / 49.7642°N 4.2258°ECoordinates: 49°45′51″N 4°13′33″E / 49.7642°N 4.2258°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Rozoy-sur-Serre
Intercommunality	Portes de la Thiérache
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Eric Halle
Area^1	5.99 km^2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	74
• Density	12/km^2 (32/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02038 / 02360
Elevation	178–260 m (584–853 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Les Autels is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Picardy region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Autelois or Auteloises.^[1]

Geography

Les Autels is located some 35 km west of Charleville-Mézières and 10 km south of Aubenton. The northern and eastern borders of the commune are the departmental border between Aisne and Ardennes. Access to the commune is by the D1100 road from Brunehamel in the west which passes through the village and continues south to join the D530 south of the village. The D530 goes north in the commune changing to the D10B at the border and continues north to Blanchefosse-et-Bay. Apart from the village there is also the hamlet of Haut-Chemin south of the village. The commune is mostly farmland with some scattered forests.^[2]

The Ruisseau du Moulin Bataille flows through the north of the commune towards the south-west forming part of the western border before continuing south to join the Serre near Mainbresson. An unnamed stream rises near the village and flows south-west to join the Ruisseau du Moulin Bataille.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	Eric Halle

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 74 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
319	371	414	447	517	549	563	554	533

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
490	488	450	431	410	377	358	325	294

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
241	248	235	190	189	180	180	168	140

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
146	146	118	89	99	74	74	74	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Countryside in Les Autels

The Town Hall

The Rural Hall

Sites and monuments

• The Church of Saint-Nicolas
• The War Memorial
• The Lavoir (Public laundry)

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  The Church grounds

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  The Chevet of the Church of Saint-Nicolas

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  The Statue of Saint Nicolas in the church

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  Stained glass window of Saint Genevieve

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  Stained glass window

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  The Altar

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  Statue of Christ in the church

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  A Wayside Cross

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  The Nave

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  The War Memorial

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  The Lavoir

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Les Autels on the old IGN website (French)
• Les Autels on Lion1906
• Les Autels on Google Maps
• Les Autels on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Les Autels on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Les Autels on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)