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Country
  
France

Department
  
Aisne

Canton
  
Laon-Sud

Area
  
5.57 km²

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Laon

Intercommunality
  
Pays de Laon

Local time
  
Thursday 12:04 AM

Arrancy

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 26 km/h, 81% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 02860 Arrancy, France

Geography

Arrancy is located some 15 km south-east of Laon and 40 km north-west of Reims. It can be accessed by the D1044 road from Festieux in the north which passes down the eastern edge of the commune and continues south to Corbeny. The village is accessed by the D88 which runs west from the D1044 to the village then continues west to Ployart-et-Vaurseine. There are also some country roads which access the commune. The commune is mixed farmland and forest with no other hamlets or villages other than Arrancy.

La Bièvre stream rises north-east of the village and flows south-west to the south of the village then west into the Ailette Lake.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Arrancy

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 50 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)

Civil heritage

The commune has two buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Chateau of Arrancy (17th century) is registered as an historical monument.
  • The old Chateau of Arranceau (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.
  • Religious heritage

    The Church of Saint-Rémi contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Statue (16th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Barbe (16th century)
  • A Tombstone of Charles Duglas, his wife, and their children (1703)
  • A Tombstone of Louis de Proisy and Louise de Gris, his wife (1628)
  • A Tombstone of Philippe Duglas (1614)
  • A Tombstone of Jacques de Proisy, Baron of La Bove, and Claudine d'Espena, his wife (1561)
  • Notable People linked to the commune

  • Thomas-Antoine-Jean Maussion, French politician, Mayor of Arrancy, died there in 1839
  • Lieutenant-Colonel René de La Tour du Pin, Marquis of La Charce, was born on 1 April 1834 in Arrancy.
  • References

    Arrancy Wikipedia