Aisonville-et-Bernoville | |
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Commune | |
The Town Hall
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Coordinates: 49°56′05″N 3°31′21″E / 49.9347°N 3.5225°ECoordinates: 49°56′05″N 3°31′21″E / 49.9347°N 3.5225°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Aisne |
Arrondissement | Vervins |
Canton | Guise |
Intercommunality | Thiérache Sambre Oise |
Government | |
• Mayor (2016-2020) | Christian Parent |
Area1 | 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi) |
Population (2014)2 | 256 |
• Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 02006 /02110 |
Elevation | 108–166 m (354–545 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Aisonville-et-Bernoville is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The inhabitants are known as Aisonvillois et Bernovillois or Aisonvilloises et Bernovilloises
The commune is some 15 km north-east of Saint-Quentin and some 8 km north-west of Guise. The commune can be accessed from Etaves-et-Bocquiaux in the west by road D31 which runs east into the commune and into the town where it joins road D960 which runs northwest to Bohain-en-Vermandois and south-east to join road D68. Road D68 also runs from the town north-east to Grougis and south-west to Montigny-en-Arrouaise. Road D67 runs from Remaucort to near the Oise river form the southern border of the commune. The commune is almost all farmland except for a small area of forest near the town. There is only one other hamlet - that of Bernoville - which is close to the main town.
From 10 to 18 October 1918, the Battle of Aisonville-et-Bernoville was dominated by nearly 10 French regiments who overcame a powerful German army entrenched in the village. On the French side there were two thousand casualties, including 400 deaths.
Mayors of Aisonville-et-Bernoville
(Not all data is known)
In 2010, the commune had 288 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)