Berry-au-Bac

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Berry-au-Bac
Coat of arms of Berry-au-Bac
Berry-au-Bac (France)
Berry-au-Bac
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Laon
Canton Guignicourt
Community association Champagne Picarde
Coordinates 49 ° 24 '  N , 3 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '  N , 3 ° 54'  E
height 50-91 m
surface 8.10 km 2
Residents 653 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 81 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02190
INSEE code

Berry-au-Bac is a French municipality with 653 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France .

geography

The municipality is located on the Aisne and the Aisne Lateral Canal that accompanies it , about 20 kilometers northwest of Reims . Opposite Berry-au-Bac branches off the Aisne-Marne Canal , which crosses into the Marne Valley and there, via the Marne Lateral Canal, enables the navigable connection to continue into the south of France.

Côte Memorial 108
Lock on the Aisne side canal

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 419 350 334 388 509 528 548 655

memorial

Under the name Höhe 108 ( French: Côte 108 ) there is a memorial on the remnants of a battlefield from the First World War as a monument historique under monument protection in the municipality .

In the area of ​​the neighboring municipality of Juvincourt to the north there is an old military airfield from the time of the Second World War , the Aerodrome Berry au Bac-Juvincourt .

Individual evidence

  1. Côte 108 Memorial in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Berry-au-Bac  - Collection of images, videos and audio files