Amifontaine | |
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Commune | |
 Town hall | |
 Location of Amifontaine | |
  Amifontaine  Amifontaine | |
| Coordinates:49°29′01″N3°55′09″E / 49.4836°N 3.9192°E /49.4836; 3.9192 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Laon |
| Canton | Villeneuve-sur-Aisne |
| Intercommunality | Champagne Picarde |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Denis Serin[1] |
Area 1 | 27.9 km2 (10.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 386 |
| • Density | 13.8/km2 (35.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02013 /02190 |
| Elevation | 64–119 m (210–390 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Amifontaine (French pronunciation:[amifɔ̃tɛn]) is acommune in thedepartment ofAisne in theHauts-de-France region of northernFrance.
Amifontaine is located some 20 km southeast ofLaon and 40 km northwest ofRheims. The Autoroute des Anglais (A26,E17) passes through the western side of the commune from north to south but has no exit in the commune. Access to the commune is by road D52 fromRamecourt in the northwest through the commune to the village and continuing south-east toProuvais. There is also road D89 from La Malmaison in the northeast through the village toJuvincourt-et-Damary in the southwest. The D24 road also passes through the north of the commune from west to east forming the southern border of a large forested area extending beyond the northern border of the commune. The commune is almost entirely farmland except for the forested area in the north.[3]Amifontaine station has rail connections to Reims and Laon.
The small riverMiette (also calledLa Source à l'Aisne in its uppermost part) rises north of the village and flows south to join the riverAisne nearBerry-au-Bac.[4]
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List of Successive Mayors of Amifontaine[5]
| In office | Name | Party | Ref. | |||
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| March 2001 | 2014 | Philippe Bonnet | DVG | |||
| 2014 | Present | Denis Serin | SE | |||
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From 8 December 1939 to 16 May 1940No. 12 Squadron RAF was stationed at an airstrip in Amifontaine.[6] On 12 May 1940 a mission was flown from Amifontaine to destroy two bridges over the Albert Canal. Only one out of five aircraft returned.Flying Officer Garland andSergeant Gray were both awarded posthumousVictoria Crosses for "most conspicuous bravery".[7]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 417 | — |
| 1975 | 420 | +0.10% |
| 1982 | 376 | −1.57% |
| 1990 | 351 | −0.86% |
| 1999 | 387 | +1.09% |
| 2007 | 404 | +0.54% |
| 2012 | 415 | +0.54% |
| 2017 | 404 | −0.54% |
| Source: INSEE[8] | ||
