Aure, Ardennes

Aure is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Geography

Aure is located some 55 km east of Reims and some 20 km south by south-west of Vouziers. The western border of the commune is the border between Ardennes and Marne departments. Access to the commune is by road D6 from Manre in the south-east which passes through the village and continues south-west, changing to the D20 in Marne, to Sommepy-Tahure. The D306 goes north-east from the village to Monthois. The commune is entirely farmland.
The Allin river rises near the village and flows south-east to eventually join the Aisne at Brécy-Brières.

History

Aure is cited in a poem by Louis Aragon Le conscrit des cent villages written as an act of intellectual resistance in a clandestine manner in 1943.

French Decorations

Croix de guerre 1914-1918: awarded on 1 March 1921.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1995	2020	Michel Cartelet
2020	current	Cédric Nicolitch

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 48 inhabitants.

Notable people linked to the commune

Auguste Achile Baudart, Colonel of the 122nd Infantry Regiment of the Line, born in Aure on 16 November 1844 from a farming family, died at Montpellier on 15 December 1898.