Amifontaine

Amifontaine
Amifontaine
	The Town Hall
	Amifontaine
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Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne
Intercommunality	Champagne Picarde
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Denis Serin
Area1	27.9 km2 (10.8 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	418
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02013 / 02190
Elevation	64–119 m (210–390 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.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amifontenois or Amifontenoisess^[1]

Geography

Amifontaine is located some 20 km south-east of Laon and 40 km north-west of Rheims. The Autoroute des Anglais (A25, E17) passes through the western side of the commune from north to south but has no exit in the commune. Access to the commune is by road D52 from Ramecourt in the north-west through the commune to the village and continuing south-east to Prouvais. There is also road D89 from La Malmaison in the north-east through the village to Juvincourt-et-Damary in the south-west. The D24 road also passes through the north of the commune from west to east forming the southern border of a large forested area extending beyond the northern border of the commune. The commune is almost entirely farmland except for the forested area in the north.^[2]

La Source a l'Aisne rises north of the village and flows south-west joining La Miette stream which flows south to join the Aisne river near Pontavert.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Amifontaine^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Philippe Bonnet	DVG
2014	2020	Denis Serin

(Not all data is known)

History

12 Squadron check their maps on the airfield at Amifontaine

12 Squadron at Amifontaine

From 8 December 1939 to 16 May 1940 No. 12 Squadron RAF was stationed at an airstrip in Amifontaine.^[4] On 12 May 1940 a mission was flown from Amifontaine to destroy two bridges over the Albert Canal. Only one out of five aircraft returned. Flying Officer Garland and Sergeant Gray were both awarded posthumous Victoria Crosses for "most conspicuous bravery".^[5]

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 418 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
307	350	359	373	441	448	447	441	431

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
447	437	453	427	406	406	381	388	465

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
503	504	456	471	619	575	544	545	467

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
440	417	420	376	351	387	395	418	-

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

The Post Office

Population of Amifontaine

Sites and monuments

Saint-Rémi Church

Saint-Rémi Church

Amifontaine Cross
The War Memorial

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], 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

↑ Inhabitants of Aisne (French)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Google Maps Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Google" defined multiple times with different content
↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
↑ History of War
↑ London Gazette No. 34870, 11 June 1940 Read online

[6] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], 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.

[1] Inhabitants of Aisne (French)

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[3] List of Mayors of France (French)

[4] History of War

[5] London Gazette No. 34870, 11 June 1940 Read online

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