Margival

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Margival
Margival Coat of Arms
Margival (France)
Margival
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Fère-en-Tardenois
Community association Communauté de communes du Val de l'Aisne
Coordinates 49 ° 26 '  N , 3 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '  N , 3 ° 24'  E
height 66-164 m
surface 5.47 km 2
Residents 370 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 68 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02880
INSEE code 02464

Saint-Morand church

Margival is a commune of 370 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 and is part of the canton of Fère-en-Tardenois and the communal association Communauté de communes du Val de l'Aisne . The municipality was awarded the Croix de guerre award from 1914 to 1918.

geography

The municipality, 10 km northeast of Soissons , with the districts of Montgarny, Le Moulin and Le Pont Rouge, is touched in the east by Route nationale 2 and is a stop on the La Plaine – Hirson railway line . Neighboring communities are Neuville-sur-Margival in the north, Laffaux and Nanteuil-la-Fosse in the east, Vregny and Crouy in the south and Vuillery and Terny-Sorny in the west.

The former station building

history

During the First World War the place was the scene of fighting. During the Second World War , the Führer Headquarters Wolfsschlucht 2 was built in the forest , which was also used for military purposes after the war. For this purpose, the residents of Margival were resettled in 1944.

Bunker of the "Wolfsschlucht 2"

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Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2015
Residents 296 258 264 321 321 325 323 377
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Ferme de Montgarny
  • The Ferme de Montgarny homestead, built in the style of French homeland security architecture in the course of post-war reconstruction in 1920, was registered as a monument historique in 2002
  • The Saint-Morand church, rebuilt after the First World War.
  • The Wolfsschlucht bunkers 2.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry no. PA02000038 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

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