Allemant, Aisne

Allemant
The Church
Allemant
Location within Picardy region  Allemant
Coordinates: 49°27′42″N 3°27′16″E / 49.4617°N 3.4544°ECoordinates: 49°27′42″N 3°27′16″E / 49.4617°N 3.4544°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Soissons
Canton	Vailly-sur-Aisne
Intercommunality	Val de l'Aisne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Marc Henneveux
Area^1	5.13 km^2 (1.98 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	180
• Density	35/km^2 (91/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02010 / 02320
Elevation	83–171 m (272–561 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 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.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Allamants or Allamantes.

Geography

Allemant is located some 10 km north-east of Soissons and 15 km south-west of Laon. National Highway N2 from Soissons to Laon passes along its southern border and has exits at both the south-western and south-eastern corners of the commune. On the western side the D26, which exits from the N2, forms part of the western border of the commune and then passes through the western portion of the commune. Nevertheless, there is no connection between this road and the village which must be accessed from the north on the road D143 coming south from its junction with the D14 near Pinon. The exit from the N2 at the south-eastern corner leads to the D14 road which does not pass through the commune. There are however a number of country roads leading from this exit into the commune and by which the village can be reached. The commune is covered more or less equally by farmland and forest.^[1]

Neighbouring communes and towns^[1]

History

On 17 June 1944 a German V-1 flying bomb launched from Vignacourt in the Somme deviated from its path and fell in the territory of the commune at 4.30am. Hitler was visiting his headquarters in Margival - the Wolfsschlucht II, only 3 km away - to discuss the situation on the Normandy front with Marshals Rommel and von Rundstedt but, as a result of the flying bomb deviation, rushed back to Germany and did not go as planned to the La Roche-Guyon headquarters of Rommel. This was his only visit to the fortified headquarters and his last visit to France.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Allemant^[2]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1888		Onésime Poëlle
2001	2020	Marc Henneveux	DVG

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010, the commune had 180 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
230	263	285	276	307	291	311	334	303

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
296	270	270	271	252	256	272	218	220

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
234	215	189	60	86	148	153	188	167

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
150	137	126	128	136	117	164	180	-

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

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

• The Church (13th century)^[3]

The Church contains three items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Statue: Saint John the Baptist (15th century)^[4] (destroyed during the First World War).
• A Statuette: Virgin and Child (16th century)^[5] (destroyed during the First World War).
• A Statue: Virgin and Child (15th century)^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Allemant on the old IGN website (French)
• 40000 Bells website (French)
• Allemant on Lion1906
• Allemant on Google Maps
• Allemant on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Allement on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Allemant 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. Google Maps
2. List of Mayors of France (French)
3. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00078563 Church (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000005 Statue: Saint John the Baptist (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000004 Statuette: Virgin and Child (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000003 Statue: Virgin and Child (French)