Chaudardes

Chaudardes
Town hall
Chaudardes
Location within Picardy region  Chaudardes
Coordinates: 49°23′33″N 3°47′32″E / 49.3925°N 3.7922°ECoordinates: 49°23′33″N 3°47′32″E / 49.3925°N 3.7922°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne
Intercommunality	Champagne Picarde
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patricia Delattre
Area^1	4.7 km^2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	85
• Density	18/km^2 (47/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02171 / 02160
Elevation	47–78 m (154–256 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 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.

Chaudardes is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	73	—
1968	62	−15.1%
1975	54	−12.9%
1982	46	−14.8%
1990	68	+47.8%
1999	82	+20.6%
2008	85	+3.7%

Sights

• The church, which is a registered historic monument.

• The "lavoir", a public place where the women used to wash their clothes and which is also a "monument historique" because of its Blessed Virgin Mary statue whose color is still visible here and there

• The chapel, which is behind the lavoir and which can no longer be visited (stones fall)

• A stature of the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus on the village square, near the church

• The graveyard

• The Aisne River and the ruins of a bridge which was designed to link Chaudardes with Concevreux, a village on the other side of the river (this bridge has been destroyed during the World War I)

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

• INSEE