Guny

Guny
Guny
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Guny
Coordinates: 49°31′11″N 3°16′06″E / 49.5197°N 3.2683°E / 49.5197; 3.2683Coordinates: 49°31′11″N 3°16′06″E / 49.5197°N 3.2683°E / 49.5197; 3.2683
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Vic-sur-Aisne
Intercommunality	Val de l'Ailette
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Éliane Tourigny
Area1	9.32 km2 (3.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	437
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	02363 /02300
Elevation	42–152 m (138–499 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 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.

Guny is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

In 858, Guny's village is given to the abbey of Notre-Dame of Soissons by Charles the Bold.

In 1368, Enguerrand VII of Coucy grants the collectivity franchise to Guny and twenty-two other churches.

1914-1918, World War I devastated the village. From August 27 until September 28, the 11th and 20th infantry fight Battle of Ailette around Guny's quarries.

Saint Georges' church is destroyed. It was restored in 1923.

A new bell was inaugurated in November 1923, in a temporary church.

The river Ailette forms all of the commune's northeastern border.