Authe

Authe is located some 45 km east by south-east of Rethel and 20 km north-east of Vouziers. Access to the commune is by road D12 from Brieulles-sur-Bar in the north which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south to join the D947 south of the commune. The commune consists entirely of farmland.^[3]

The Bar river forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north-west to follow the Canal des Ardennes to join the Meuse near Vrigne-Meuse. The Ruisseau de Saint-Pierremont flows from the north-east of the commune past the village and joins the Bar on the south-western border of the commune.^[3]

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Blazon: Party per pale Vert and Gules a wolf's head cabossed of Argent debruised by the division, in chief Sable charged with three fleurs-de-lis of Argent.

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List of Successive Mayors^[4]

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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 336 —     1800 331 −0.21% 1806 347 +0.79% 1821 365 +0.34% 1831 406 +1.07% 1836 396 −0.50% 1841 370 −1.35% 1846 394 +1.26% 1851 378 −0.83% 1866 349 −0.53% 1872 342 −0.34% 1876 367 +1.78% 1881 365 −0.11% 1886 361 −0.22% 1891 351 −0.56% 1896 337 −0.81% 1901 334 −0.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 311 −1.42% 1911 280 −2.08% 1921 245 −1.33% 1926 243 −0.16% 1931 211 −2.78% 1936 184 −2.70% 1946 164 −1.14% 1954 141 −1.87% 1962 143 +0.18% 1968 125 −2.22% 1975 96 −3.70% 1982 87 −1.40% 1990 83 −0.59% 1999 94 +1.39% 2007 93 −0.13% 2012 93 +0.00% 2017 90 −0.65%
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Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

The commune has one religious building registered as an historical monument:

• The Church of Saint-Martin (14th century)^[8]

• Communes of the Ardennes department