Alaincourt, Aisne

Alaincourt

Alaincourt
Location within Hauts-de-France region Alaincourt
Coordinates: 49°45′55″N 3°22′35″E / 49.7653°N 3.3764°E / 49.7653; 3.3764Coordinates: 49°45′55″N 3°22′35″E / 49.7653°N 3.3764°E / 49.7653; 3.3764
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Moÿ-de-l'Aisne
Intercommunality	Vallée de l'Oise
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Stéphan Anthony
Area¹	5.9 km² (2.3 sq mi)
Population (2010)²	503
• Density	85/km² (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	02009 / 02240
Elevation	57–109 m (187–358 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 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.

Alaincourt is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alaincourtois or Alaincourtoises^[1]

Geography

Alaincourt is located some 10 km south-east of Saint-Quentin and some 25 km north-west of Laon. The Motorway from Saint-Quentin – the E17 (A26) – passes directly through the commune heading south-east towards Reims – some 120 km to the south-east. The motorway has no exit in the commune so it must be reached by the road D34 coming north-east from Moy-de-l'Aisne and continuing north-east to Berthenicourt. Apart from small country roads no other roads enter the commune. Alaincourt is the only village in the commune.

Apart from Alaincourt itself, which is quite large, the commune is entirely farmland. East of the village the commune is traversed by the Oise river and the Canal de la Sambre a l'Oise both waterways heading south more-or-less parallel to each other (the canal in a straight line) until the Oise joins the Aisne at Clairoix and continues as the Oise until it joins the Seine at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in the north-west of Paris. There are a number of ponds and reservoirs near the Oise in the south-east of the commune. Apart from the Oise and a small stream also called the Oise there are no other watercourses in the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and towns^[2]

Alaincourt

Moy-de-l'Aisne

Brissy-Hamegicourt

Surfontaine

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Alaincourt^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Jean-Marie Bidaux	DVD
2014	2020	Stéphan Anthony

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010, the commune had 503 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.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
680	697	692	735	754	745	736	812	816

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
776	716	720	708	666	635	568	552	511

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
507	479	423	242	384	401	409	396	413

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2010
454	434	425	504	521	465	488	495	503

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

The Town Hall

Alaincourt War Memorial

Sites and Monuments

Alaincourt Church

The House of Marie-Jeanne, a collection of everyday objects^[4]
Multi-media Library

Notable People linked to the commune

Robert Louis Stevenson during his journey along the Oise.

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

↑ Inhabitants of Aisne (French)
1 2 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
↑ The House of Marie-Jeanne, a century of everyday objects.

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