Auvillers-les-Forges is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
Geography Auvillers-les-Forges is located some 27 km west by north-west of Charleville-Mézières and 22 km east by south-east of Hirson. Access to the commune is by the European route E44 from Maubert-Fontaine in the east which passes through the north of the commune intersecting the D877 in the commune and continuing to Hirson in the west. Access to the village is by the D877 from Éteignières in the north which passes through the length of the commune and the village and continues south to Champlin. The D20 goes south-east from the village to Girondelle. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Le Chateau-Vert north-east of the village. There is a large forest in the north of the commune (the Bois d'Auviller-les-Forges) but the rest of the commune is farmland.
The river Sormonne flows through the commune from west to east just north of the village and continues east to join the Meuse at Charleville-Mézières. The Ruisseau de Saint-Rémy rises just west of the village and flows south-west to join the Orvaux east of Fontenelle.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Heraldry
Administration
List of successive mayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1891 1919 Gustave Tanton 1919 1923 Camille Decq 1923 1929 Maurice Tourolle 1929 1944 Paul Martin 1944 1945 Edgard Faucon 1945 1947 Georges Pacaux 1947 1959 Julien Lagneaux 1959 1965 Paul Hottiaux 1965 1980 Abdon Lemaire 1980 1983 Pierre Gillot 1983 1995 Martial Guilain 1995 1998 Bruno Coniglio 1998 2014 Daniel Schanen 2014 current Miguel Leroy
Demography
See also Communes of the Ardennes department
References
External links Auvillers-les-Forges on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Auvillers-les-Forges on the 1750 Cassini Map