Vasseny

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Vasseny
Vasseny (France)
Vasseny
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Fère-en-Tardenois
Community association Communauté de communes du Val de l'Aisne
Coordinates 49 ° 21 ′  N , 3 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ′  N , 3 ° 29 ′  E
height 46–155 m
surface 3.18 km 2
Residents 215 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 68 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02220
INSEE code

The Mairie

Vasseny is a commune with 215 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 .

geography

The municipality with the group of houses La Demi-Lune is off the Soissons with Reims connecting Route nationale 31 ( European route E46 ) and extends to the northeast beyond them to the left bank of the Vesle . The distance from Soissons is around 13 km. Neighboring municipalities are Chassemy and Braine in the northeast and east across the Vesle, Couvrelles in the southeast and south and Ciry-Salsogne in the west.

history

A Gallic settlement of the municipality in the 4th and 5th centuries BC was proven during excavations in 2003. During the First World War there was an alternative hospital in the community, as well as a Bavarian military hospital with a provisional military cemetery. The railway line leading through the municipality has been abandoned.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2015
Residents 172 182 146 135 131 153 201 207
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

The Saint-Rupert-et-Saint-Druon church

Individual evidence

  1. Une nécropole gauloise mise au jour dans l'Aisne, Le Monde of March 7, 2003

Web links

Commons : Vasseny  - collection of images, videos and audio files