Dammard

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Dammard
Dammard (France)
Dammard
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Villers-Cotterêts
Community association Communauté de communes Retz en Valois
Coordinates 49 ° 9 '  N , 3 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '  N , 3 ° 12'  E
height 77-159 m
surface 3.41 km 2
Residents 379 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 111 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02470
INSEE code

Saint-Médard church

Dammard is a French municipality with 379 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France (former Region: Picardie ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Soissons , to which it moved from the arrondissement of Château-Thierry with nine other municipalities in 2017 , and is part of the canton of Villers-Cotterêts . The municipality holds the Croix de Guerre award. The inhabitants are called Dammardois (es) .

geography

The municipality located south of the Ourcq with the districts Montmarlet and Montêmafroi in the west is u. a. on the department road connected to the D22 road department D4 that the approximately seven kilometers northwest located La Ferte-Milon with Neuilly-Saint-Front connects, and to the south of the brook Ruisseau d'Allan. Neighboring municipalities are Passy-en-Valois in the north, Macogny in the east, Chézy-en-Orxois in the south and La Ferté-Milon in the west.

history

Plaque commemorating the fighting in June 1918

The parish name is derived from the Latin form Domnus Medardus (after the parish patron Medardus von Noyon ). The community suffered badly from the fighting of the First World War .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
Residents 433 461 421 373 441 418 419 379
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Médard church badly affected by the First World War
The church damaged in the war

Web links

Commons : Dammard  - collection of images, videos and audio files