Autry

For people named Autry, see Autry (name).

Autry
Commune
The Lavoir (Public laundry) in Autry
Coat of arms
Location of Autry
Autry Autry
Coordinates: 49°16′09″N 4°50′16″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Vouziers
Canton	Attigny
Intercommunality	CC Argonne Ardennaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Boxebeld
Area 1	16.34 km2 (6.31 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	95
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08036 /08250
Elevation	110–168 m (361–551 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Autry (French pronunciation: [otʁi]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Autryens or Autryennes.

Geography

Entrance to the village

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 and 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. 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.

The 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.

Heraldry

Arms of Autry

Blazon: Bendy of Or and Gules.

Administration

The Town Hall

A Wayside Cross in Autry

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1995	2014	Jean-Pierre Boure
2014	current	Pascal Boxebeld

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 117 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	562	—
1800	658	+2.28%
1806	631	−0.70%
1821	666	+0.36%
1831	651	−0.23%
1836	678	+0.82%
1841	672	−0.18%
1846	679	+0.21%
1851	657	−0.66%
1866	578	−0.85%
1872	552	−0.76%
1876	522	−1.39%
1881	547	+0.94%
1886	529	−0.67%
1891	477	−2.05%
1896	456	−0.90%
1901	449	−0.31%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	454	+0.22%
1911	483	+1.25%
1921	371	−2.60%
1926	315	−3.22%
1931	257	−3.99%
1936	251	−0.47%
1946	254	+0.12%
1954	267	+0.63%
1962	233	−1.69%
1968	187	−3.60%
1975	156	−2.56%
1982	141	−1.43%
1990	133	−0.73%
1999	127	−0.51%
2007	147	+1.84%
2012	136	−1.54%
2017	117	−2.96%

Source: EHESS and INSEE

Culture and heritage

The church at Autry

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.

• 
  Inside the Lavoir
• 
  Inside the Lavoir
• 
  The village and the church
• 
  A Shrine
• 
  Chapel of Mary
• 
  The Chapel of Saint Lambert
• 
  The War Memorial

Notable people linked to the commune

• Louis Marie Alphonse Depuiset (1822-1886), Entomologist.

See also

• Communes of the Ardennes department

External links

• Autry on the old IGN website (in French)
• Autry on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Autry on the 1750 Cassini Map