Andelain

Andelain
Andelain
Location within Picardy region  Andelain
Coordinates: 49°38′36″N 3°22′16″E / 49.6433°N 3.3711°ECoordinates: 49°38′36″N 3°22′16″E / 49.6433°N 3.3711°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	La Fère
Intercommunality	Villes d'Oyse
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	François Uran
Area^1	2.91 km^2 (1.12 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	186
• Density	64/km^2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02016 / 02800
Elevation	47–106 m (154–348 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 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.

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

Geography

Andelain is located some 25 km south-east of Saint Quentin and 5 km east of Tergnier. It can be accessed by the D13 road from Charmes in the north-east passing through the village and continuing to Deuillet in the south-west. The D1032 road also runs through the north of the commune from west to east and the D553 road cuts through the south-western corner of the commune. Apart from the village the commune consists entirely of farmland with no other villages or hamlets.^[1]

The Oise river forms a small part of the north-western border of the commune and a stream flows through the north-western part of the commune into the Oise river.^[1]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[1]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Andelain^[2]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	André Moircoy
2008	2014	Bernard Moufle
2014	2020	François Uran

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010, the commune had 186 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
172	201	200	186	184	191	187	196	198

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
178	172	173	148	150	149	157	149	155

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
152	159	147	97	164	177	197	194	210

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
167	168	157	160	163	159	172	183	-

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

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

• The Park of the Maguin Chateau (19th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[3]

Religious heritage

Church of Saint-Denis

The Church of Saint-Denis (12th century). is registered as an historical monument.^[4] The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Fragment of a Retable (18th century)^[5]
• A Statue: Saint Eveque seated (17th century)^[6]
• A Statue: Saint Sebastian (17th century)^[7]
• A Baptismal pool (15th century)^[8]
• A Baptismal pool (15th century)^[9]
• A Statue: Saint Barbe (16th century)^[10]
• A Statue: Saint Antoine (16th century)^[11]
• A Group Sculpture: Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John (15th century)^[12]
• Stained glass windows (16th century)^[13]

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Andelain official website (French)
• Andelain on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Bell Towers website (French)
• 40000 Bell Towers website (French)
• Andelain on Lion1906
• Andelain on Google Maps
• Andelain on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Andelain on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Andelain 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 IA02001292 Park of the Maguin Chateau (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115502 Church of Saint-Denis (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02001515 Fragment of a Retable (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02001514 Statue: Saint Eveque seated (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02001513 Statue: Saint Sebastian (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000024 Baptismal pool (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000023 Baptismal pool (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000022 Statue: Saint Barbe (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000021 Statue: Saint Antoine (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000020 Group Sculpture: Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000019 Stained glass windows (French)