Passy-en-Valois
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Aisne | |
| Arrondissement | Soissons | |
| Canton | Villers-Cotterêts | |
| Community association | Communauté de communes Retz en Valois | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 10 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 120-159 m | |
| surface | 3.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 148 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 43 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 02470 | |
| INSEE code | 02594 | |
 Town hall and school building |
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Passy-en-Valois is a French municipality with 148 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 , to which it moved from the arrondissement of Château-Thierry with nine other municipalities in 2017 , and is part of the canton of Villers-Cotterêts .
geography
The hardly forested municipality with the district of La Loge aux Boeufs, located south of the Ourcq , is connected to the D4 departmental road via the D792 , which connects La Ferté-Milon, about six kilometers to the west, with Neuilly-Saint-Front . Neighboring communities are Marizy-Sainte-Geneviève in the north and northeast, Macogny in the east, Damnard in the south and La Ferté-Milon in the west. The Ru du Gril stream flows through the community center.
history
In 1256 the place is called Paciacus. The castle and the Gothic church were largely destroyed in the First World War , and the church was rebuilt in the 1920s. The remains of the castle were expanded into a large farmstead, which became an agricultural cooperative after the Second World War .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2015 |
| Residents | 147 | 172 | 121 | 118 | 123 | 140 | 162 | 156 |
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Attractions
- St. Mary's Church ( Église de la Vierge ) built in 1925 in Art Deco style by the diocesan architect Henry Faucheur , with contemporary glass windows
- War memorial (Monument aux morts)
- Way cross (calvaire) with a figure of Christ in Art Deco style
- Remains of the castle in the homestead
Personalities
- Jacques Ferté , a pioneer of the Catholic agricultural movement (1898–1947), acquired the castle, which had been destroyed in the war, after the First World War and expanded it into a large farm.
