Bucy-le-Long

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Bucy-le-Long
Bucy-le-Long coat of arms
Bucy-le-Long (France)
Bucy-le-Long
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Fère-en-Tardenois
Community association Val de l'Aisne
Coordinates 49 ° 23 '  N , 3 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 23 '  N , 3 ° 24'  E
height 39-161 m
surface 12.86 km 2
Residents 1,880 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 146 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02880
INSEE code
Website http://www.bucy-le-long.fr/

Bucy-le-Long is a French commune with 1,880 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Soissons and the canton of Fère-en-Tardenois (until 2015: canton of Vailly-sur-Aisne ).

geography

Bucy-le-Long is about five kilometers east of Soissons . The Aisne River limits the municipality to the south. Bucy-le-Long is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Crouy in the north and northwest, Vregny in the northeast, Chivres-Val in the east, Missy-sur-Aisne in the east and southeast, Acy in the south and southeast, Venizel in the south, Villeneuve-Saint- Germain to the west and southwest and Soissons to the west.

The National Route 2 runs through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,214 1,387 1,661 1,801 1,841 1,958 1,964 1.926
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church, monument historique since 1923
  • Chapel of Sainte-Marguerite from the 12th century, monument historique since 1920
  • Tower of the former castle from the 14th century, a historic monument since 1926
  • Archaeological dig site La Fosse Tournise with finds and findings from the Neolithic Age

Web links

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