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Bancigny

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Aisne

Intercommunality
  
Thiérache du Centre

Area
  
3.32 km²

Arrondissement
  
Vervins

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Vervins

Population (2010)
  
28

Local time
  
Wednesday 5:02 PM

Bancigny

Weather
  
7°C, Wind S at 19 km/h, 96% Humidity

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

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Map of 02140 Bancigny, France

Geography

Bancigny is located some 50 km north-east of Laon and 12 km east by south-east of Vervins. It can be accessed by the D747 road from Plomion in the north-west which then continues east to Jeantes. There is also country road access from west, south, and north. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland with no other villages or hamlets.

The commune is traversed by the Huteau stream from east to west north of the village and bordering the Mill Farm north-west of the village.

History

Bancigny was called Bancegnies on a map dated 1205 and at that time the area was a lordship. The Bancigny area was made a County in 1590. During the French Revolution, Bancigny became a commune in the Canton of Plomion in the district of Vervins. In 1801 the commune was transferred to the Canton of Vervins in the Arrondissement of Vervins.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Bancigny

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 28 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune 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 a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Farmhouse at Place de l'Eglise (18th century)
  • A Farmhouse at 2 Route de Jeantes (18th century)
  • A Farmhouse at Le Moulin (1808)
  • A Mill and Farmhouse at Le Moulin (1925)

    • Religious heritage

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

  • The Fortified Church of Saint-Nicolas (16th century). The symmetry of the two towers can no longer be seen as the upper part of each defence tower was leveled in the period 1900-1905 as evidenced by postcards of the period. The Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Group Sculpture: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John (16th century)
  • A Baptismal font (12th century)

    • References

    Bancigny Wikipedia
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