Vendhuile | |
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 Town hall | |
Location of Vendhuile  | |
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| Coordinates:50°00′39″N3°12′33″E / 50.0108°N 3.2092°E /50.0108; 3.2092 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Quentin |
| Canton | Bohain-en-Vermandois |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Vermandois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Xavier Passet[1] |
Area 1 | 10.96 km2 (4.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 574 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02776 /02420 |
| Elevation | 83–143 m (272–469 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vendhuile (French pronunciation:[vɑ̃dɥil]) is acommune in theAisnedepartment inHauts-de-France in northernFrance.[3] It received theCroix de guerre for its suffering inWorld War I.
Places adjacent to Vendhuile | |
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The hamlet of La Terrière, just under 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the northeast, which includes around forty houses and a church, is part of Vendhuile as to1⁄4, and the rest is in the commune ofHonnecourt-sur-Escaut inNord.
According to the terms ofInsee and its zoning published in 2020, Vendhuile is a rural municipality, as it does not belong to anyurban unit. The municipality is part of thefunctional area (aire d'attraction, commuting zone) ofSaint-Quentin.[3]
Soldile appears in 1148 under the name of Vendulia in a cartulary of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Martin then Vendulium, Soldile, Soldille, Soldile-en-l'Empire, Vendhuille-Cambrésis, Vendhuille sur Cambrésis, Vendhuille on theCassini map around 1750, and the current Vendhuile spelling at the end of the 18th century.[4]
The pre-Revolutionary Cassini map above shows that Vendhuile lying on theScheldt (Escaut). A water mill symbolized by a toothed wheel was on the river.
To the north, La Terrière is a hamlet (subsidiary place without a church).
Due to the commune's involvement in the first world war theCommonwealth War Graves Commission set up Unicorn Cemetery in the commune where allied soldiers who fought in WW1 are buried, among them isVictoria Cross recipientLawrence Weathers.[5]
The commune of Vendhuile is a member of the Intercommunalité of Pays du Vermandois, a Public Establishment for Inter-municipal Cooperation (EPCI) with its own tax system created on 31 December 1993 whose head office is atBellicourt.[6]
Administratively, it is in thearrondissement of Saint-Quentin, in thedepartment ofAisne and theregion ofHauts-de-France.[3]
