Bouconville-Vauclair
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Aisne | |
| Arrondissement | Laon | |
| Canton | Guignicourt | |
| Community association | Chemin des Dames | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 28 ′ N , 3 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 84-207 m | |
| surface | 13.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 187 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 02860 | |
| INSEE code | 02102 | |
| Website | Page of the community association | |
 Bouconville-Vauclair Town Hall |
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Bouconville-Vauclair is a French municipality with 187 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Laon , which gave the whole area the name Laonnois , to the canton of Guignicourt and to the municipality of Chemin des Dames .
geography
The municipality is located about 14 kilometers southeast of Laon and about 30 kilometers northwest of Reims . The Parc Nautique de l'Ailette is located a little west of the municipality .
history
The parish was formed in 1923 as Bouconville-Vauclerc . The early core of the municipality, the small settlement around the Vauclerc Abbey, which has been preserved as a ruin, was completely destroyed. Via the abbey, Bouconville-Vauclair was an intermediate stage on the Via Francigena between Laon and Corbeny .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 226 | 196 | 180 | 184 | 170 | 161 | 157 | 185 |
Attractions
- Ruins of the Cistercian Abbey of Vauclair , founded in 1134
- The Ferme d'Hurtebise and the Monument des Marie-Louise et des Bleuets , commemorating the Battle of Craonne in 1814 between the allied Russian and Prussian against the troops of Napoleonic France
- Réseau de tranchées , Monument historique since 1999
- Bouconville-Vauclair Church
Personalities
- Henri Rillart de Verneuil (1870–1949), Senator
- Bastien Lhomme, historian
