Audigny | |
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Commune | |
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 Location of Audigny | |
  Audigny  Audigny | |
| Coordinates:49°52′14″N3°38′52″E / 49.8706°N 3.6478°E /49.8706; 3.6478 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Vervins |
| Canton | Guise |
| Intercommunality | Thiérache Sambre et Oise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Franck Guiard[1] |
Area 1 | 10.73 km2 (4.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 282 |
| • Density | 26.3/km2 (68.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Audigny (French pronunciation:[odiɲi]) is acommune in thedepartment ofAisne in theHauts-de-France region of northernFrance.
Audigny is located some 22 km east ofSaint-Quentin and 35 km north ofLaon. It can be accessed by the D946 highway fromGuise in the north passing through the heart of commune and continuing toLe Hérie-la-Viéville in the south, but without passing through Audigny village. The village is reached on road D37 branching southeast off the D946 through the village and continuing southeast toPuisieux-et-Clanlieu. The D586 also passes through the west of the commune from north to southwest. The commune consists entirely of farmland with no other villages or hamlets.[3]
There are no identifiable streams or rivers in the commune.[3]
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Audigny was known asAldiniacum in 1065,Aldinisia in 1161,Aldigni in 1165, andAuldigny in 1530. The name comes from a Germanic form ofAldinus derived from the LatinAlbus meaning "White".
Albanus (Aldanus) was the name of a saint who lived near London atVerulanium in the 3rd century (now calledSaint Albans). A soldier in the army ofDiocletian, 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 at Louvry's Farm, the village was liberated on 5 November 1918 at 6:30am by the 70th and 115th Infantry Battalions.
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List of Successive Mayors of Audigny[4]
| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2008 | Sylvie Tromelin |
| 2008 | Present | Franck Guiard |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 326 | — |
| 1975 | 224 | −5.22% |
| 1982 | 193 | −2.11% |
| 1990 | 214 | +1.30% |
| 1999 | 207 | −0.37% |
| 2007 | 245 | +2.13% |
| 2012 | 283 | +2.93% |
| 2017 | 279 | −0.28% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
is registered as an historical monument.[6]
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