Audigny

Audigny
Audigny
Location within Picardy region Audigny
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Vervins
Canton	Guise
Intercommunality	Région de Guise
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Franck Guiard
Area1	10.73 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	265
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02035 / 02120
Elevation	112–158 m (367–518 ft) (avg. 136 m or 446 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Audigny is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Picardy region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Audignois or Audignoises

Geography

Audigny is located some 22 km east of Saint-Quentin and 35 km north of Laon. It can be accessed by the D946 highway from Guise in the north passing through the heart of commune and continuing to Le Hérie-la-Viéville in the south but without passing through Audigny village. The village is reached on road D37 branching south-east off the D946 through the village and continuing south-east to Puisieux-et-Clanlieu. The D586 also passes through the west of the commune from north to south-west. The commune consists entirely of farmland with no other villages or hamlets.

There are no identifiable streams or rivers in the commune.

History

British field artillery at Audigny, 17 Oct 1918

Audigny was known as Aldiniacum in 1065, Aldinisia in 1161, Aldigni in 1165, and Auldigny in 1530. The name comes from a Germanic form of Aldinus derived from the Latin Albus meaning "White".

Albanus (Aldanus) was the name of a saint who lived near London at Verulanium in the 3rd century (now called Saint Albans). A soldier in the army of Diocletian, he returned home to England where he hosted a Christian missionary who was sought by local police. Converted in one night he gave his clothes to the missionary who managed to escape. Shortly after he was arrested for refusing to sacrifice to idols and he was immediately beheaded in 287. His fame and miracles arrived in France where many parishes adopted the saint as protector. His feast day is 22 June - the summer solstice.

The commune land in the 11th century belonged to various religious communities who venerated the saint and gave his name to the hamlet then the parish that was established in the area.

In 1918, after heavy fighting the at Louvry's Farm, the village was liberated on 5 November 1918 at 6:30am by the 70th and 115th Infantry Battalions.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Audigny

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Sylvie Tromelin
2008	2020	Franck Guiard

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 265 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.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
427	412	438	496	541	570	596	589	613

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
615	638	615	589	593	506	488	542	538

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
473	456	438	345	375	401	356	356	396

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	2010
359	326	224	193	214	207	240	255	265

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Population of Audigny

Sites and Monuments

• The Château de l'Étang (16th century) is registered as an historical monument.
• The Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul contains a number of items that are registered as historical objects:
  • An Altar Painting: The Resurrection of Christ (1835)
  • The main Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century)
  • A Restoration style Chair (19th century)
  • A Grotto of Lourdes with statues of the Virgin and Saint Bernadette Soubirous (19th century)
  • A pair of Stools (19th century)
  • A Cross: Christ on the Cross (18th century)
  • A Baptismal font (15th century)

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Audigny on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Bell Towers website (French)
• Audigny on Lion1906
• Audigny on Google Maps
• Audigny on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Audigny on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Audigny on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)