The commune is some 15 km north-east ofSaint-Quentin and some 8 km north-west ofGuise. The commune can be accessed fromEtaves-et-Bocquiaux in the west by road D31 which runs east into the commune and into the town where it joins road D960 which runs northwest toBohain-en-Vermandois and south-east to join road D68. Road D68 also runs from the town north-east toGrougis and south-west toMontigny-en-Arrouaise. Road D67 runs from Remaucort to near theOise river form the southern border of the commune. The commune is almost all farmland except for a small area of forest near the town. There is only one other hamlet - that of Bernoville - which is close to the main town.[3]
From 10 to 18 October 1918, the Battle of Aisonville-et-Bernoville was dominated by nearly 10 French regiments who overcame a powerful German army entrenched in the village. On the French side there were two thousand casualties, including 400 deaths.
The commune has a one building that is registered as an historical monument:
TheChâteau de Bernoville (19th century)[6] is of a regional architecture in brick and stone. The old stables have been converted into a three-star hotel.
Dame Marie Martine Camps-Laurent, wife of Ferdinand de l'Epine was the Lady of Bernoville, Aisonville, and of Roberfart and other places.[18] She died in 1777 and her will, which was dated 10 May 1774, made her husband her sole heir but was annulled by a decree of the parliament of Paris on 1 September 1780.[19]
^Parish Register of Quesnoy (59): Her husband remarried on 3 November 1782.
^Universal and reasoned Directory of civil, criminal, canonical and beneficial, by Joseph Nicolas Guyot and others, 1785, Vol 17, page 119 et al. - rubrique Testament, consultable on Google Books.(in French)