Aizelles

Aizelles
An old fire-fighting pump in Aizelles
Aizelles
Location within Picardy region  Aizelles
Coordinates: 49°29′26″N 3°48′44″E / 49.4906°N 3.8122°ECoordinates: 49°29′26″N 3°48′44″E / 49.4906°N 3.8122°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Craonne
Intercommunality	Chemin des Dames
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Jean-Marie Merlo
Area^1	4.88 km^2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	112
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02007 / 02820
Elevation	73–175 m (240–574 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aizelles is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Picardy region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aizellois or Aizelloises.^[1]

Geography

Aizelles is some 20 km south-east of Laon and 30 km north-west of Reims. There are only three access roads to the commune: the D889 running north from Corbeny to the town of Aizelles, the D89 running eats from the D1044 from the western side of the commune, and the D88 which enters from the north-east of the commune. All three roads intersect in the village of Aizelles.

The commune is mostly farmland however there is a large forest - the Bois de Berrieux to the east of the town. This forest occupies about a quarter of the land area of the commune.

The Ruisseau de Fayau runs through the village and the commune from north-west and is joined by the Ru du Moulin river before flowing to the Miette river south-east of the commune which in turn flows to the Aisne river to the south.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and towns^[2]

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Mayors of Aizelles^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Philippe Malpezzi	UMP
2008	2020	Jean-Marie Merlo

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 112 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
309	343	327	333	329	319	296	294	282

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
277	273	250	227	226	215	214	210	196

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
201	189	199	102	125	119	108	130	131

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	-	-
130	105	92	85	81	94	112	-	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Aizelles War Memorial

A street in Aizelles

Places and monuments and cultural events

The Church of Saint Quentin

• Church of Saint Quentin
• Space Galerie D'Art-Expo hosts regular exhibitions during the summer.

Notable people linked to the commune

• Philippe Malpezzi
• Mhaize, sculptor and ceramist^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Aizelles on the old IGN website (French)
• Chemin des Dames Community of communes website (French)
• 4000 Clocks (French)
• Aizelles on Lion1906
• Aizelles on Google Maps
• Aizelles on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Aizelle on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Aizelles on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Aisne (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. Mhaize, sculptor and ceramist