Annelles


Annelles is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of northern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Annellois or Annelloises

Geography

Annelles is located some 10 km south-east of Rethel and 4 km north-east of Juniville. It can be accessed by the D25 road from Juniville which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues to Saulces-Champenoises in the north-east. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToNamePartyPosition
17911807Sulpice Tocut
18071816Jean-Rémy Coutin
18161821François Baudet
18211843Jean-Rémy Coutin
18431843Jean-Baptiste Desterbay
18431855Alexandre-Louis LescuyerGeneral Counsel
18561871Maximillien Tocut
18711874Jean-Baptiste Vilain
18741891Jules-Armand Carré
18911898Jean-Baptiste Fricotteau
1898Joseph-Auguste Devaux
19952001Dominique Tassot
20012014Denis Fricotteau
2014CurrentAnne Cuif

Population

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Church contains 3 Paintings: The Descent from the Cross, Christ and the Samaritan, and the Apparition of Madeleine which are registered as historical objects.

The oldest families

From the 1600s onwards the most prominent families were: Rogelet, Mahaut, Desterbay, Thierard, Vuibert, Hinguerlot, Guillet, Micart, Carrelot, Bonnevie, Perinet, Detez, Coutin, Fricoteau, Tocut, Giot, Forest, Verdelet, Lacour, Misset, Bechard, Mayot, Fequant, Lambert, Guillemin, Prévoteau, Soibinet, Simon, Melin, and Gobron.

Notable people linked to the commune