Saint-Michel, Aisne

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Saint-Michel
Saint-Michel Abbey
Saint-Michel Abbey
Coat of arms of Saint-Michel
Coat of arms
Saint-Michel is located in France
Saint-Michel
Saint-Michel
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Location within Picardy region
Saint-Michel is located in Picardy
Saint-Michel
Saint-Michel
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Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Vervins
Canton Hirson
Intercommunality Pays des Trois Rivières
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Thierry Verdavaine
Area1 42.2 km2 (16.3 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 3,542
 • Density 84/km2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 02684 / 02830
Elevation 172–278 m (564–912 ft)
(avg. 201 m or 659 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.

Saint-Michel is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. It is also unofficially called Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1962 4,502 —    
1968 4,342 −3.6%
1975 4,155 −4.3%
1982 4,044 −2.7%
1990 3,783 −6.5%
1999 3,656 −3.4%
2008 3,522 −3.7%
2012 3,542 +0.6%

Personalities

  • French Revolution leader Antoine Joseph Santerre, whose family moved from Saint-Michel to Paris before the Revolution.

See also

References

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