Two villages belong to the commune: Poix, and the churchless Terron-les-Poix. Poix became Poix-Terron in 1897. Poix is located on the N51, 18km from Charleville-Mézières, and 28km from Rethel. Teron is located 1.5km from Poix on the D27. The station in Poix-Terron is on the Soissons-Givet line which was reopened on the 1st of October 2011.
History
The town has suffered during religious wars: there was a fire in the village and castle in 1641, and a siege ofthe church on the 8th of July 1651. King Louis XIV passed through on the 25th of June and the 7th of August 1654. On the 30th of August 1870, during the Franco-German war, the Affaire de Poix occurred, involving the 42nd infantry regiment. On the 14th May 1940, a breach, 8km in length, occurred between Poix-Terron and Baâlons in the Frenchline of defence. A batallion of Spahis attempted to close the breach and held against the Germans in the battle of the Horgne.
Politics and Administration
Demographics
The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population census, recorded since 1793. From 2006, the legal population of communes are published yearly by l'Insee. The census now relies on the yearly collection of information related to the communes for a period of five years. For communes of less than 10,000 inhabitants, a census inquiry is done on the whole population every five years. The populations for the other years are estimated either by interpolation or extrapolation. For the commune, the first detailed census using the new method was done in 2004. In 2017, the commune was counted as having 819 inhabitants, a reduction of 2.62% copared to 2012.
Places and Monuments
The Roman Catholic church of Saint-Martin of Poix-Terron, built in white stone, is a historical monument, registered as such on the 19th of July 1926. The bell, which dates from 1599, is classified as a historical monument. In 2008, the stained-glass windows were restored and a new window depicting Saint Martin was added.
