Vendelles

Vendelles
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Saint-Quentin-1
Community association	Pays du Vermandois
Coordinates	49 ° 55 '  N , 3 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 55 '  N , 3 ° 8'  E
height	78-123 m
surface	5.28 km 2
Residents	117 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	02490
INSEE code	02774
Town hall (Mairie) and former school of Vendelles

Vendelles is a French municipality with 117 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) of the northwestern department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France (before 2016 Picardy ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Saint-Quentin , the canton Saint-Quentin-1 (until 2015 Vermand ) and the municipality association Pays du Vermandois .

geography

Vendelles is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Jeancourt in the north, Le Verguier in the northeast, Maissemy in the east, Vermand in the southeast and south and the municipalities in the Somme department of Bernes in the west and Hervilly in the northwest.

history

Like many other villages in the area, Vendelles was completely destroyed in the First World War.

On August 28, 1914, German troops reached the place they held until March 1917. The front was at that time about twenty kilometers west of Péronne . The Germans confiscated the houses in the village to accommodate their own troops. The residents were only entitled to a single room. Orders from the commandant's office obliged the population, under threat of sanctions, to provide wheat, eggs, milk, meat and vegetables for the soldiers at the front on a fixed date.

In February 1917, the German troops withdrew as part of the " Alberich Company ". On February 15, the residents of Vendelle were evacuated in cattle wagons by train to Saint-Quentin and occupied Belgian territories. Before the Germans withdrew in March 1917, the houses were looted and the village systematically destroyed. The buildings were blown up and all trees were sawed off at a height of one meter. On March 31, 1917, Vendelles was captured by British troops after hard fighting.

After the armistice, of the 223 inhabitants before the war until 1921, only 109 returned to Vendelles.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2015
Residents	133	139	129	119	121	127	110	114
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint Deogratias Church

• Saint Deogratias Church

Web links

Commons : Vendelles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le Petit Journal , issue of April 2, 1917 (French)