Joncourt

Joncourt
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne department
Arrondissement	Saint Quentin
Canton	Bohain-en-Vermandois
Community association	Pays du Vermandois
Coordinates	49 ° 57 ′  N , 3 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′  N , 3 ° 18 ′  E
height	108-153 m
surface	7.25 km 2
Residents	299 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	02420
INSEE code	02392

Joncourt is a municipality with 299 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) 14 kilometers north of Saint-Quentin in the French department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France .

history

The region around Joncourt was part of the battlefield of the Allied Hundred Days Offensive during the First World War in autumn 1918. In September 1918, the attacks on the city of Saint-Quentin and the Saint-Quentin Canal were carried out in this area after the Battle of Épehy prepared the battle for the Canal de la Sambre à l'Oise east of Joncourt on November 4, 1918.

On October 1, 1918, the English officer and poet Wilfred Owen carried out a successful attack on German positions at Joncourt. Owen was awarded the Military Cross for his behavior in this attack .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	313	278	250	259	302	332	326	303
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint Martin Church

• Saint Martin Church

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 31480, HMSO, London, July 30, 1919, p. 9761 ( PDF , accessed October 2, 2013, English).