Attigny (Ardennes)

Attigny
region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Vouziers
Canton	Attigny
Community association	Crêtes Préardennaises
Coordinates	49 ° 29 ′ N , 4 ° 35 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ N , 4 ° 35 ′ E
height	77-133 m
surface	11.46 km 2
Residents	1,128 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	98 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	08130
INSEE code	08025
Website	https://www.attigny.fr/

Attigny is a French commune with 1,128 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Vouziers and the canton of Attigny .

geography

The municipality is located between Rethel and Vouziers on the Aisne river . The Saint-Lambert tributary also flows here .

Neighboring communities

	Charbogne	Saint-Lambert-et-Mont-de-Jeux
Givry		Voncq
Vaux-Champagne	Sainte-Vaubourg	Chuffilly-Roche

history

In the 8th and 9th centuries, the Attigny royal palace was one of the most important residences of the Carolingians . It was here that Widukind was baptized in 785 and the public act of penance by Louis the Pious , the penance of Attigny , took place in 822 . In 978, the Palatinate Attigny was burned down after the surprise attack by the West Franconian King Lothar on the Aachen royal palace when Otto II countered. It was not rebuilt after that and soon disappeared from the map. However, the Attigny domain continued to belong to the crown estate and was the only royal estate north of the Île-de-France next to Montreuil when Hugo Capet took office in 987 .

The place Attigny itself belonged to the domain Attigny, but was not the location of the Palatinate, but rather the place within the domain and on the banks of the Aisne where travelers could dock. The royal palace of Attigny stood a little to the south on flood-proof terrain in what is now the municipality of Sainte-Vaubourg .