Marle
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Aisne | |
Arrondissement | Laon | |
Canton | Marle | |
Community association | Pays de la Serre | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 44 ' N , 3 ° 46' E | |
height | 75-140 m | |
surface | 13.79 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,268 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 164 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 02250 | |
INSEE code | 02468 |
Marle is a French commune with 2,268 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Laon .
geography
The municipality and is located in the valley of the Serre and at the parallel Vilpion , about 22 kilometers northeast of Laon .
history
In the Middle Ages, Marle was a fortified city at the entrance to the Thiérache and at times the seat of the county of the same name .
During the First World War , the headquarters of AOK 7 was located here from March 17, 1917 .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
Residents | 2912 | 2848 | 2926 | 2727 | 2669 | 2529 | 2405 | 2281 |
Attractions
- Gothic Church of the Assumption or Notre-Dame ( Église Sainte-Marie et de l'Assomption dite Notre-Dame ), Monument historique
- Musée des Temps Barbares , the excavation results of the Merovingian village of Goudelancourt-lès-Pierrepont are exhibited here
- Hospice or Hôtel-dieu, built around 1250
- Former post office ( Relais de poste ), Monument historique
Personalities
- Jacques Chaurand (1924–2009), Romance scholar and linguist
- Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier (1775–1860), diplomat
- Edmond Tranin (1895-20th centuries), journalist
literature
- Abbé Palant, ´: Marle d'hier. (with about 100 postcards), 1998, reprint from 1890, ISBN 2-84435-015-1 .
- Emile Coët, Charles Lefèvre. Histoire de Marle. 1991, reprint from 1897, ISBN 2-87760-629-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Church of the Assumption in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ old post office in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Web links
Commons : Marle (Aisne) - collection of images, videos and audio files