Alincourt

Alincourt
Alincourt
Commune
	The Town Hall
	Location of Alincourt
	Alincourt Alincourt
	Coordinates: 49°24′16″N 4°20′45″E / 49.4044°N 4.3458°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Rethel
Canton	Château-Porcien
Intercommunality	Pays Rethélois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Etique
Area 1	8.62 km2 (3.33 sq mi)
Population (2021)	160
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	08005 /08310
Elevation	83–141 m (272–463 ft) ; (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Alincourt (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.

Geography[edit]

Alincourt is located some 15 km south of Rethel and 25 km north-east of Rheims. It can be accessed on the D925 road from Neuflize in the west passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing east to Juniville. The D985 road from Perthes in the north also passes through the north-west of the commune and continues to join the D925 west of Juniville. The commune consists entirely of farmland other than a strip of forest along the banks of the river.^[3]

The Retourne river flows through the commune from east to west passing just south of the village and continuing west until it joins the Aisne at Neufchatel-sur-Aisne.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[edit]

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Administration[edit]

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
1833	1837	Paul Damien Hainguerlot
1837	1841	Jean Paul Hainguerlot
1841	1842	Noêl Flandre
1983	2001	Hilaire Flandre
2001	2008	Claude Olette
2008	2020	Joël de Carlini
2020	Present	Nicolas Etique

Population[edit]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alincourtois or Alincourtoises in French.^[5]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	85	—
1975	79	−1.04%
1982	86	+1.22%
1990	91	+0.71%
1999	78	−1.70%
2007	114	+4.86%
2012	146	+5.07%
2017	150	+0.54%
Source: INSEE^[6]

Sites and Monuments[edit]

The Church of Saint-Hilaire has the epitaph: "to ... Sir Regnaut Feret living knight and Lord of Alincourt Captain of the Regiment of Maine deceased at Bar-le-Duc buried in the Church of Sainte Macre on 16 July 1697 ... Charged in perpetuity to say a High Mass and a vigil at the hour of his decease ... to buy ornaments for the Alincourt church, the place of burial of his father and ancestors" inscribed on black marble on the right side of the choir. On the left side is ... "Sir Jean Claude de Cugnon, Knight and Lord of Alincourt, Branscourt Sorbon, and Arnicourt was buried in this church on 10 September 1775" ... on black marble.
The Chateau of Alincourt