Anguilcourt-le-Sart | |
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Commune | |
 Town hall | |
 Location of Anguilcourt-le-Sart | |
  Anguilcourt-le-Sart  Anguilcourt-le-Sart | |
| Coordinates:49°41′23″N3°26′39″E / 49.6897°N 3.4442°E /49.6897; 3.4442 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Laon |
| Canton | Tergnier |
| Intercommunality | CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Bernard Lemire[1] |
Area 1 | 9.14 km2 (3.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 281 |
| • Density | 30.7/km2 (79.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02017 /02800 |
| Elevation | 50–111 m (164–364 ft) (avg. 56 m or 184 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Anguilcourt-le-Sart is acommune in thedepartment ofAisne in theHauts-de-France region of northernFrance.
On 19 May 1983, 41 barrels of highly toxic chemical waste (dioxin-based), originating from theSeveso disaster, were found in an unused abattoir in Anguilcourt-le-Sart. The barrels, which had been illegally abandoned here by a transport contractor, were transferred the same evening to a military base near Sissonne. They were later destroyed in a high-temperature incinerator in Switzerald.[3]
Anguilcourt-le-Sart is located some 30 km southeast ofSaint-Quentin and 25 km northwest ofLaon. TheA26 autoroute (Autoroute des Anglais, E17) from Saint-Quentin toRheims passes through the northeastern part of the commune but has no exit in the commune. Access to the commune is by the D69 road fromRenansart in the northeast passing through the heart of the commune and village and continuing south toLes Larris. The D643 road also enters the commune fromAchery in the west through the village and continuing east toNouvion-le-Comte. the commune is almost entirely farmland except for some forest in the southwest.[4]
TheSerre river flows through the commune from east to west just south of the village forming a part of the western boundary of the commune before joining theOise atLe Travers.[4]
Places adjacent to Anguilcourt-le-Sart | |
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Anguilcourt andLe Sart merged between 1790 and 1800.
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List of Successive Mayors of Anguilcourt-le-Sart[5]
| From | To | Name | Party |
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| 1995 | 2008 | Hubert Duez | DVD |
| 2008 | Present | Bernard Lemire |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 343 | — |
| 1975 | 295 | −2.13% |
| 1982 | 299 | +0.19% |
| 1990 | 278 | −0.91% |
| 1999 | 268 | −0.41% |
| 2007 | 280 | +0.55% |
| 2012 | 303 | +1.59% |
| 2017 | 315 | +0.78% |
| 2020 | 308 | −0.75% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
TheGarden at Fort Mayot
is registered as an historical monument.[7]
