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Homblières | |
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 The church of Homblières | |
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 Location of Homblières | |
  Homblières  Homblières | |
| Coordinates:49°51′02″N3°21′55″E / 49.8506°N 3.3653°E /49.8506; 3.3653 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Quentin |
| Canton | Saint-Quentin-3 |
| Intercommunality | CA Saint-Quentinois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Francine Gomel[1] |
Area 1 | 14.29 km2 (5.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,425 |
| • Density | 99.72/km2 (258.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02383 /02720 |
| Elevation | 72–135 m (236–443 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Homblières (French pronunciation:[ɔ̃blijɛʁ]) is acommune in theAisnedepartment inHauts-de-France in northernFrance.
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According to Abbot Berner (Bernerus Humolariensis Abbas) who wrote the Vita of Hunegund (Vita Sanctae Hunegundis Virginis Humolariensis) in the 10th century,[3] a monastic community was founded around 650 near the site of present-day Homblières by a young noblewoman named Hunegund (d. ca. 690), a native of Lambay in theVermandois.[4]
The monastery of Homblières (Latin:Humolarias, from humulus = hop field) is first mentioned in the 940s as a community of nuns in need of reform because of lapsed morals. The archbishop ofReims assigned Bertha, an old nun from the abbey of Saint-Pierre of Reims, to restore the community, but without much success. After Bertha’s death in 948 or 949, KingLouis IV authorized the expulsion of the nuns and their replacement by monks fromSaint-Remi of Reims who were required to live at Homblières under theBenedictine Rule. It was their first abbot, Berner, who wrote the Vita of Hunegund from stories that he had heard locally.[4]Eilbert of Florennes, a direct descendant of Emperor Lothair’s vassal Ebro, was responsible for refounding the abbey at Homblières.[4]
During the later stages of theHundred Years War, the relics of Saint Hunegund were sent for safety toSaint-Quentin.With the Concordat of 1516, Homblières passed under royal control. In 1607, the abbey church collapsed and Homblières was abandoned, but in 1666, a monk from Saint-Remi became prior of Homblières and undertook its restoration. He rebuilt the abbey church and reestablished a community by 1679, when the remains of Hunegund were returned.[4]
During theFrench Revolution, on 13 february 1790, theconstituent assemblydissolved all religious orders in France. In 1792, the last eight Benedictine monks left the abbey, which subsequently was sold and turned into a stone quarry.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 820 | — |
| 1968 | 891 | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 915 | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 1,223 | +33.7% |
| 1990 | 1,495 | +22.2% |
| 1999 | 1,462 | −2.2% |
| 2008 | 1,417 | −3.1% |
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