Bancigny

Bancigny
Bancigny
Location within Picardy region  Bancigny
Coordinates: 49°48′05″N 4°02′04″E / 49.8014°N 4.0344°ECoordinates: 49°48′05″N 4°02′04″E / 49.8014°N 4.0344°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Vervins
Canton	Vervins
Intercommunality	Thiérache du Centre
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Steve Huclin
Area^1	3.32 km^2 (1.28 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	28
• Density	8.4/km^2 (22/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02044 / 02140
Elevation	147–216 m (482–709 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 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.

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

Geography

Location of the commune of Bancigny in the canton of Vervins

Bancigny is located some 50 km north-east of Laon and 12 km east by south-east of Vervins. It can be accessed by the D747 road from Plomion in the north-west which then continues east to Jeantes. There is also country road access from west, south, and north. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland with no other villages or hamlets.^[1]

The commune is traversed by the Huteau stream from east to west north of the village and bordering the Mill Farm north-west of the village.^[1]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[1]

History

Bancigny was called Bancegnies on a map dated 1205 and at that time the area was a lordship. The Bancigny area was made a County in 1590. During the French Revolution, Bancigny became a commune in the Canton of Plomion in the district of Vervins. In 1801 the commune was transferred to the Canton of Vervins in the Arrondissement of Vervins.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Bancigny^[2]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	André Trochain	DVD
2014	2020	Steve Huclin

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 28 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune 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
132	121	196	186	177	171	168	155	174

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
155	570	132	134	135	129	128	113	104

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
106	116	109	81	89	70	65	79	82

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
71	69	59	49	39	32	24	28	-

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

Culture and heritage

Entrance to a Farmhouse with a dovecote

Civil heritage

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

• A Farmhouse at Place de l'Eglise (18th century)^[3]
• A Farmhouse at 2 Route de Jeantes (18th century)^[4]
• A Farmhouse at Le Moulin (1808)^[5]
• A Mill and Farmhouse at Le Moulin (1925)^[6]

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Nicolas showing how the symmetry of the towers has been lost

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

• The Fortified Church of Saint-Nicolas (16th century).^[7] The symmetry of the two towers can no longer be seen as the upper part of each defence tower was leveled in the period 1900-1905 as evidenced by postcards of the period.^[8][9] The Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Group Sculpture: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John (16th century)^[10]
  • A Baptismal font (12th century)^[11]

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  The Baptismal font

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  The Statue of the Virgin

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  A Painting of Saint Nicolas

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  Inside the Tower

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Bancigny on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Terascia, a specialised website for the Thiérache region (French)
• Bell Towers website (French)
• 40000 Bell Towers website (French)
• Bancigny on Lion1906
• Bancigny on Google Maps
• Bancigny on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Bancigny on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Bancigny 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 IA02000463 Farmhouse at Place de l'Eglise (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02000461 Farmhouse at 2 Route de Jeantes (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02000460 Farmhouse at Le Moulin (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02000462 Mill and Farmhouse at Le Moulin (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115516 Church of Saint-Nicolas (French)
8. Old Postcard
9. Gallery of old Postcards (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000066 Group Sculpture: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000065 Baptismal font (French)