Ancienville

Ancienville
Ancienville
Location within Picardy region  Ancienville
Coordinates: 49°13′04″N 3°12′54″E / 49.2178°N 3.215°ECoordinates: 49°13′04″N 3°12′54″E / 49.2178°N 3.215°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Soissons
Canton	Villers-Cotterêts
Intercommunality	Ourcq et Clignon
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Alain Desboves
Area^1	3.85 km^2 (1.49 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	73
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02015 / 02600
Elevation	72–174 m (236–571 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 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.

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

Geography

Ancienville is located some 10 km east by south east of Villers-Cotterets and 25 km south-west of Soissons. The commune can be accessed by the D973 road from Villers-Cotterets in the north-west continuing west through the heart of the commune north of the village to Chouy. The D1370 runs south from the D973 and passes through the village continuing south to Noroy-sur-Ourcq. The commune is partly farmland with forests in an arc from the south-west to the north-east.

La Savieres river flows south forming the western border of the commune and continues to join the Ourcq river near Silly-la-Poterie.^[1]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[1]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Ancienville^[2]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	Alain Desboves	DVG

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 73 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
150	146	158	194	185	164	174	157	180

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
165	163	164	150	149	123	150	150	148

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
134	137	108	94	133	82	88	99	93

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
79	60	46	32	34	78	65	73	-

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

A street in Ancienville

Culture and heritage

Ancienville Town Hall / School

Civil heritage

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

• The Town Hall/School (1841)^[3]

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint-Médard

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

• A Fountain of devotion to the Virgin (19th century)^[4]
• A Wayside Cross (20th century)^[5]
• The Cross of the Federation Wayside Cross (1790)^[6]
• A Stone Cross (16th century)^[7]
• The Parish Church of Saint-Médard (20th century)^[8] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Funeral plaque for Jean Charpentier, Priest for Ancienville (1732)^[9]
  • A Tombstone for Jean Charpentier, Priest for Ancienville (1732)^[10]
  • A Stained Glass window: Nativity, Saint Médard, the adoration of the Magi (16th century)^[11]
  • A Bust: Christ (19th century)^[12]
  • A Chasuble, Maniple, Chalice cover (19th century)^[13]
  • A Chasuble, Stole, and Maniple (18th century)^[14]
  • A Statuette from a Processional Staff (19th century)^[15]
  • A Parish Processional Staff of Saint Médard (18th century)^[16]
  • A Baptismal font (1788)^[17]
  • A set of 2 Stained glass windows: Saint Médard, donor, Nativity, and the adoration of the Magi (16th century)^[18]
  • A Tombstone (3) (16th century)^[19]
  • A Tombstone (2) (16th century)^[20]
  • The Furniture in the Church^[21]

Gallery of Historical Monuments

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  Entrance to the Church of Saint-Médard

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  The Wayside Cross

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  The Cross of the Federation

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  The Stone Cross

Notable People linked to the commune

Charles Joseph Patissier de Bussy-Castelnau, Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau (1718-1785), Governor-General of Pondicherry.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Ancienville on the old IGN website (French)
• Ancienville on Lion1906
• Ancienville on Google Maps
• Ancienville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Ancienville on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Ancienville 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 IA00066970 Town Hall/School (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00066973 Fountain of devotion to the Virgin (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00066971 Wayside Cross (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00066972 Cross of the Federation Wayside Cross (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115501 Stone Cross (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00066969 Parish Church of Saint-Médard (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000018 Funeral plaque for Jean Charpentier, Priest for Ancienville (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000502 Tombstone for Jean Charpentier, Priest for Ancienville (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000017 Stained Glass window: Nativity, Saint Médard, the adoration of the Magi (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000511 Bust: Christ (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000510 Chasuble, Maniple, Chalice cover (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000509 Chasuble, Stole, and Maniple (French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000508 Statuette from a Processional Staff (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000507 Parish Processional Staff of Saint Médard (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000506 Baptismal font (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000505 Set of 2 Stained glass windows: Saint Médard, donor, Nativity, and the adoration of the Magi (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000504 Tombstone (3) (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000503 Tombstone (2) (French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM02000501 Furniture in the Church (French)