Les Ayvelles () is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
Geography Les Ayvelles is located just 5 km south-east of Charleville-Mézières. Access to the commune is by road D764 from Villers-Semeuse in the north which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Flize in the south. The commune has large reservoirs in the east and a forest in the west (the Bois des Ayvelles) with the rest of the commune farmland.Google Maps
The Meuse river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to Belgium. The Ruisseau du Pierge rises in the west of the commune and flows east to join the Meuse.
Neighbouring communes and villages Source:
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1995 2008 Robert Binet 2008 2014 Jacques Bragantini 2014 current Philippe Lebreton
Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known both as Ayvelliens or Ayvelliennes as well as Ayvellois or Ayvelloises in French.Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes, habitants.fr
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage The Fort and Battery of Ayvelles. The Fort can be visited by appointment.
Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Saint Rémi contains several items that are registered as historical objects: The Tombstone of Priest Ponce Guérin (1690)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Baptismal font (12th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Chalice with Paten (1750 and 1752)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
See also Communes of the Ardennes department
References
External links Les Ayvelles on the old IGN website Les Ayvelles on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website les G-des-Ayvelles on the 1750 Cassini Map