Aure () is a commune in the

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department in the

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region of north-eastern

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Geography

Aure is located some 55 km east of

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and some 20 km south by south-west of

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. The western border of the commune is the border between

and

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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.Google Maps
/ref> The Allin river rises near the village and flows south-east to eventually join the

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History

Aure is cited in a poem by

Louis Aragon Louis Aragon (; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the Surrealism, surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littératur ...

''Le conscrit des cent villages'' (The conscript of 100 villages) written as an act of ''intellectual resistance'' in a clandestine manner in 1943.

French Decorations

Croix de guerre 1914-1918 Croix (French for "cross") may refer to: Belgium * Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut France * Croix, Nord, in the Nord department * Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort depa ...

: awarded on 1 March 1921.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

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 Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

on 15 December 1898.''Almanach'', Matot-Braine, 1900,

Photo gallery

File:Aure-FR-08-WC publics-24.jpg, Public toilet File:Aure-FR-08-silo-02.JPG, Grain Silo File:Aure-FR-08-monument aux morts-35.jpg, War memorial close-up File:Aure-FR-08-église-33.jpg, The church File:Aure-FR-08-église-29.jpg, Entrance to the church File:Aure-FR-08-panneau-01.JPG, Entrance to the village File:Aure-FR-08-bouche d'incendie-39.jpg, The Bomb

References

External links

Aure on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Aure'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{Authority control Communes of Ardennes (department)