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Armentières sur Ourcq

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Aisne

Canton
  
Neuilly-Saint-Front

Area
  
6.81 km²

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Château-Thierry

Intercommunality
  
Ourcq et Clignon

Local time
  
Wednesday 6:01 PM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 24 km/h, 100% Humidity

Armentières-sur-Ourcq is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

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Map of 02210 Armenti%C3%A8res-sur-Ourcq, France

Geography

Armentières-sur-Ourcq is located some 30 km south of Soissons and 30 km south-east of Villers-Cotterêts. The D1 road runs through the south-west corner of the commune however the main access is on the D79 from La Croix-sur-Ourcq in the south-west running to the village then west to Nanteuil-Notre-Dame in the east. The D80 road also comes from Oulchy-le-Château in the north and continues south to Coincy. The commune is almost entirely farmland except for a belt of forest in the north.

The Ourcq river flows from east to west through the northern part of the commune and forming part of the northern border. The Ru Garnier stream flows from the south of the commune north through the village and continuing north to join the Ourcq river.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Armentières-sur-Ourcq

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 98 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Sites and monuments

The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Chateau of Armentières (12th century). Its postern has been classified as a historical monument since 25 January 1921. It is currently privately owned and is visited every year during European Heritage Days. Since 2004 it has benefited from restoration works supported by the DRAC of Picardy and the General Council of Aisne
  • The Bernard bridges (17th century) spanning the Ourcq.
    • Other sites of interest
  • The Church (13th century) was severely damaged during the First World War and almost entirely rebuilt. It contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Bas-relief: Pietà Donatrice and patron (16th century)
  • A Funeral Monument of the Lords of Armentières (16th century)

    • Notable people linked to the commune

  • Louis de Brienne de Conflans d'Armentières (1711-1774), Marshal of France
  • Charles Louis Gabriel de Conflans d'Armentieres (1772-1849), military officer and French politician of the 18th and 19th centuries

    • References

    Armentières-sur-Ourcq Wikipedia
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