Landouzy-la-Ville

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Landouzy-la-Ville
Landouzy-la-Ville (France)
Landouzy-la-Ville
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Vervins
Canton Hirson
Community association Trois Rivières
Coordinates 49 ° 52 '  N , 4 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 4 ° 3'  E
height 148-234 m
surface 15.76 km 2
Residents 541 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02140
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) of Landouzy-la-Ville

Landouzy-la-Ville is a French commune with 541 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France (before 2016 Picardy ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Vervins , the canton of Hirson (until 2015 Aubenton ) and the Trois Rivières municipal association .

geography

Landouzy-la-Ville is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Origny-en-Thiérache in the west, La Hérie in the northwest, Éparcy in the north, Bucilly in the northeast and east, Jeantes in the southeast and the municipalities of Plomion in the canton of Vervins in the south and Landouzy-la -Cour in the southwest.

history

Landouzy-la-Ville was founded in 1168 by a joint charter of the Foigny monastery and Raoul I de Coucy . Landouzy was the name of an area southwest of Éparcy.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2015
620 596 524 518 578 530 509 575
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church

Web links

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