Country France Department Aisne Intercommunality Saint-Simon Area 6.31 km² Arrondissement Saint-Quentin | Region Hauts-de-France Canton Saint-Simon Population (2010) 359 Local time Saturday 12:36 PM | |
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Artemps is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
Contents
- Map of 02480 Artemps France
- Les honneurs par les sonneurs de septvaux et d artemps
- Geography
- Administration
- Demography
- Sites and Monuments
- References
Map of 02480 Artemps, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artempois or Artempoises
Les honneurs par les sonneurs de septvaux et d artemps
Geography
Artemps is located 10 km south-west of Saint-Quentin and 7 km north-east of Ham. It can be accessed by the D32 road from Saint-Simon in the south passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing to Seraucourt-le-Grand in the north. There are a few country roads in the commune and the old Saint-Simon – Clastres Air Base is in the south-east of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with a forest belt along the whole northern border.
The Somme river flows along the northern border forming part of the border and the Canal of Saint-Quentin passes through parallel to the river inside the commune.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Artemps
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010, the commune had 359 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.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
Sites and Monuments
This church is one of the few in France to have a steeple topped by two cocks. The church has undergone many changes over the years but was not completely destroyed during the two world wars. Most windows have been preserved and on one of them the master glassmaker represented the church.