Aizy-Jouy

Aizy-Jouy
A street in Aizy in 1920
Aizy-Jouy
Location within Picardy region  Aizy-Jouy
Coordinates: 49°26′07″N 3°31′02″E / 49.4353°N 3.5172°ECoordinates: 49°26′07″N 3°31′02″E / 49.4353°N 3.5172°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Soissons
Canton	Vailly-sur-Aisne
Intercommunality	Val de l'Aisne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Éric De Wulf
Area^1	14.63 km^2 (5.65 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	287
• Density	20/km^2 (51/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02008 / 02370
Elevation	56–195 m (184–640 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 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.

Aizy-Jouy is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Picardy region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Azyjois or Aizyjoises.^[1]

Geography

Aizy-Jouy is some 15 km north-east of Soissons and 20 km south-east of Laon. National Highway N2 from Soissons to Laon passes just north of the commune. The commune can be accessed by Highway D14 running south from the N2 continuing through the heart of the commune and the town continuing south to Vailly-sur-Aisne. Highway D15 branches from the D14 at the southern border of the commune and heads north-east through the eastern part of the commune and then to Pargny-Filain. There are also several small country roads criss-crossing the commune and exiting on all sides of the commune. There are no villages or hamlets in the commune other than Aizy-Jouy.^[2]

A stream rises from ponds north of the town and flows south through the commune joining with other streams rising in the north-east of the commune and flowing south to the Aisne river. The commune has a substantial amount of forest mostly following the course of the streams with the rest of commune (about 30%) farmland.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and towns^[2]

History

In 1972, the two towns of Aizy and Jouy merged to form Aizy-Jouy after the edict of the préfecture dated 24 January 1972.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Mayors of Aizy-Jouy^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Éric De Wulf	DVD
2008	2014	Yannick Lecluze
2014	2020	Éric De Wulf	DVD

(Not all data is known)

Demography

Before 1971 the communes of Aizy and Jouy were separate and their population was counted separately. In 1954,^[4] Aizy had 242 inhabitants and Jouy 140.

In 2010 the commune had 287 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
513	548	521	545	615	626	665	645	644

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
569	613	636	547	512	498	483	457	472

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
439	441	451	200	413	444	422	389	382

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
341	301	232	206	230	242	257	287	-

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

A street in Aizy in 1920

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A House at 2 Impasse des Anges (20th century)^[5]
• A House at 1 Rue des Anges (20th century)^[6]
• A House at 4 Rue des Anges (20th century)^[7]
• A Town Hall / School at 7 Rue de Chavignon (1927)^[8]
• A House at 8 Rue de Chavignon (20th century)^[9]
• A House at 1 Rue du Chateau (20th century)^[10]
• A House at 1 Place du Clos-Rubut (20th century)^[11]
• A House at 1 Impasse Denne (20th century)^[12]
• A House at 1 Rue du Guet (20th century)^[13]
• A House at 2 Rue du Guet (20th century)^[14]
• A House at 5 Rue d'Hameret (20th century)^[15]
• A House at 7 Rue d'Hameret (20th century)^[16]
• A Town Hall / School at the Place de la Mairie (20th century)^[8]
• A House at 1 Rue du Moulin (20th century)^[17]
• The Creute du Caid^{[Note 2]} (Quarry) (1917).^[18]
• The Quarry Carvings (1917)^[19] The Creute du Caid operated for a century and a half and was occupied by the belligerents during the First World War. They left some cave carvings - some of which are of high quality.^[20]
• Aizy-Jouy Village (20th century)^[21]
• The War Memorial (20th century)^[22]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Parish Church of Saint-Médard (12th century).^[23] The church has several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • The Tombstone of Claude Personne (1662)^[24]
  • The Tombstone of François de Hanot (1744)^[25]
  • Sculptures (13th century)^[26]
  • All objects in the Church^[27]
• The Parish Church of Saint-Bandry (1928).^[28] The church has several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • All objects in the Church^[29]
  • A Lectern (18th century)^[30]
  • A Baptismal font (13th century)^[31]
  • A Baptismal font (13th century)^[32]
• An Ancient Church (12th century).^[33] This church was destroyed during the First World War. Only the south gate remains.
• The Communal Cemetery at Le Toty (1926)^[34]
• The Communal Cemetery at Aizy (20th century)^[35]

Gallery of Historical Monuments

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  House at 4 Rue des Anges

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  The old Town Hall at 7 Rue de Chavignon

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  House at 1 Rue du Guet

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  House at 2 Rue du Guet

• 

  House at 1 Rue du Moulin

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  Aizy-Jouy War Memorial

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  The Church of Saint-Médard

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  The Church of Saint Bandry

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  The Communal Cemetery at Aizy

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Aizy-Jouy on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Aizy-Jouy in the Chemin des Dames dictionary (French)
• 40000 Bell Towers (French)
• Aizy-Jouy Photos website
• Aizy-Jouy on Lion1906
• Aizy-Jouy on Google Maps
• Aizy-Jouy on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Jouy and Aify on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Aizy-Jouy 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.
2. The term "Creute" means "quarry" in the local dialect.

References

1. Inhabitants of Aisne (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. National Dictionary of Communes of France - Meyrat Dictionary, 17th edition, ed. Albin Michel, Paris (1959), 1350 pages.
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02002032 House at 2 Impasse des Anges (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02002033 House at 1 Rue des Anges (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001650 House at 4 Rue des Anges (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001637 Town Hall / School at 7 Rue de Chavignon (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001649 House at 8 Rue de Chavignon (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001651 House at 1 Rue du Chateau (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001644 House at 1 Ploace du Clos-Rubut (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001645 House at 1 Impasse Denne (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001642 House at 1 Rue du Guet (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001643 House at 2 Rue du Guet (French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001646 House at 5 Rue d'Hameret (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001647 House at 7 Rue d'Hameret (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001648 House at 1 Rue du Moulin (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA02000019 La Creute du Caid (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001636 Quarry Carvings (French)
20. Quarry Carvings pictures
21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001633 Aizy-Jouy Village (French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001652 War Memorial (French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001634 Parish Church of Saint-Médard (French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004133 Tombstone of Claude Personne (French)
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004132 Tombstone of François de Hanot (French)
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004131 Sculptures (French)
27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004102 All objects in the Church (French)
28. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001635 Parish Church of Saint-Bandry (French)
29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02004101 All objects in the Church (French)
30. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000003 Lectern (French)
31. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000002 Baptismal font (French)
32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000001 Baptismal font (French)
33. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115498 Ancient Church (French)
34. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001641 Communal Cemetery at Le Toty (French)
35. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001638 Communal Cemetery at Aizy (French)