Origny-Sainte-Benoite

Origny-Sainte-Benoite
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Ribemont
Community association	Val de l'Oise
Coordinates	49 ° 50 ′  N , 3 ° 29 ′  E 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

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  Sainte-Benoîte-et-Saint-Vaast church

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  Chapel in Courjumelles

Personalities

• Jean-Baptiste Godart (1775-1825), entomologist
• René Dosière (* 1941), politician

Web links

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