Les Alleux () is a former commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Bairon et ses environs.Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2015
Geography Les Alleux is some east of Rethel and north of Vouziers. The commune can be accessed by the D977 road from Vouziers in the south passing through the commune to the east of the village and continuing to Le Chesne in the north. Access to the village is by the D23 road from Voncq in the west and continuing north to join the D977 inside the commune. Most of the east and west of the commune are forested with the central part farmland.Google Maps
An unnamed stream rises south of the village and flows north-west to join the Ruisseau des Graquinettes just west of the commune.
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Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1995 2001 Francis Ledig 2001 2014 Joël Gobert 2014 2016 Guillaume Queval
Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alleusiens or Alleusiennes, or alternatively Alleutiers or Alleutières in French.Le nom des habitants du 08 - Ardennes, habitants.fr
French Decorations Croix de Guerre 1914-1918: 9 March 1921
Sites and Monuments
Notable people linked to the commune Tristan de Villelongue (1562-1631) was a doctor of theology, councillor of state and a preacher for Henry IV
See also Communes of the Ardennes department
External links Les Alleux on the old National Geographic Institute website Les Alleux on the 1750 Cassini Map
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