Les Ayvelles

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.

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.

Administration
List of Successive Mayors

Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known both as Ayvelliens or Ayvelliennes as well as Ayvellois or Ayvelloises in French.



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)
 * A Baptismal font (12th century)
 * A Chalice with Paten (1750 and 1752)