Origny-Sainte-Benoite
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Aisne | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Quentin | |
Canton | Ribemont | |
Community association | Val de l'Oise | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 50 ′ N , 3 ° 29 ′ E | |
height | 67-139 m | |
surface | 23.3 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,685 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 72 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 02390 | |
INSEE code | 02575 |
Origny-Sainte-Benoite is a French commune with 1,685 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Quentin and is part of the canton of Ribemont .
geography
Origny-Sainte-Benoite is located about 20 kilometers east of Saint-Quentin on the eastern bank of the River Oise and the parallel Sambre-Oise Canal . Origny-Sainte-Benoite is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Neuvillette in the north and north-west, Mont-d'Origny in the north, Macquigny in the north-east, Landifay-et-Bertaignemont in the east, Parpeville in the south and south-east, Pleine-Selve in the south, Ribemont in the South and southwest and Thenelles in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 2.135 | 2,366 | 2,341 | 2,260 | 2.145 | 1,769 | 1,701 | 1,706 |
Attractions
- Sainte-Benoîte-et-Saint-Vaast church
- Chapel in Courjumelles
- Calvaire
- Remains of the former Benedictine abbey
- German military cemetery
Personalities
- Jean-Baptiste Godart (1775-1825), entomologist
- René Dosière (* 1941), politician
Web links
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