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Margival

Margival
Eglise de Margival.JPG
Coat of arms of Margival
Coat of arms
Margival is located in France
Margival
Margival
Coordinates: 49°26′07″N 3°24′09″E / 49.4353°N 3.4025°E / 49.4353; 3.4025Coordinates: 49°26′07″N 3°24′09″E / 49.4353°N 3.4025°E / 49.4353; 3.4025
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Vailly-sur-Aisne
Intercommunality Val de l'Aisne
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Daniel Tant
Area1 5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 323
 • Density 59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 02464 / 02880
Elevation 66–164 m (217–538 ft)
(avg. 81 m or 266 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.

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

It is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Soissons.

During World War II, the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht II, one of the Adolf Hitler's Western Front military headquarters, was built there.


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