Azy-sur-Marne

Azy-sur-Marne
Azy-sur-Marne
	Commune
	The Town Hall
	Location of Azy-sur-Marne
	Azy-sur-Marne Azy-sur-Marne
	Coordinates: 49°00′07″N 3°22′01″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Château-Thierry
Canton	Essômes-sur-Marne
Intercommunality	Région de Château-Thierry
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Pierre Lantoine
Area 1	2.78 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	389
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02042 /02400
Elevation	57–202 m (187–663 ft) ; (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Azy-sur-Marne is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Azyciens or Azyciennes[2]

Geography

Azy-sur-Marne is located 4 km south-west of Château-Thierry and 20 km east of Montreuil-aux-Lions. It can be accessed by the D969 road from Essômes-sur-Marne in the north through the village then west through the commune and continuing south to Romeny-sur-Marne. There is also a country road going west to Mont de Bonneil. The commune is almost entirely farmland with small forests in the north and west. The commune is within the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone of Aisne Champagne.[3]

The southern border of the commune consists of the Marne river with no other identifiable watercourses in the commune.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

History

The village was severely damaged in the battles of the Marne in World War I.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Azy-sur-Marne[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Peter Pastorelli	DVG
2014	Current	Jean-Pierre Lantoine

(Not all data is known)

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	372	—
2007	374	+0.5%
2008	372	−0.5%
2009	379	+1.9%
2010	387	+2.1%
2011	396	+2.3%
2012	400	+1.0%
2013	408	+2.0%
2014	401	−1.7%
2015	396	−1.2%
2016	390	−1.5%

Population change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
253	266	276	246	259	265	254	245	251

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
223	315	252	192	191	193	187	199	189

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
194	176	168	160	181	195	167	167	173

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
200	222	286	326	372	381	372	387	-

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

Sites and Monuments

The church of Saint Felix

The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

The Church of Saint Felix (12th century)[5]
The Chateau Park[6]

Other sites of interest

the Mercier Vineyard for Moët & Chandon Champagne

Notes and references

Notes

References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
Inhabitants of Aisne (in French)
Google Maps
List of Mayors of France (in French)
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115515 Church of Saint Felix (in French)
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001298 Chateau Park (in French)

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] Inhabitants of Aisne (in French)

[Google-3] Google Maps

[4] List of Mayors of France (in French)

[5] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00115515 Church of Saint Felix (in French)

[6] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA02001298 Chateau Park (in French)