Antheny

Antheny is a French commune in the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of northern France.
Geography
Antheny is located some 40 km west by north-west of Charleville-Mézières and some 20 km east of Hirson. Access is by the D34 road from Tarzy in the north-west continuing through the village to Prez in the south-east. There is also the D31 road from Auvillers-les-Forges in the north-east also passing through the village and continuing south-west to Bossus-les-Rumigny. There is also the hamlet of Fontenelle south-west of the village on the D31. The rest of the commune is entirely farmland.
The Orvaux and the Ruisseau de Saint Remy flow from the north-east to the south-west joining near the village to form the Ton river which flows westwards to join the Oise near Étréaupont.
Neighbouring communes and villages
History
A statistic dated 1844 and written by Abbot Geoffrey, then the pastor of the town, said that the...