Armentières-sur-Ourcq

Armentières-sur-Ourcq
One of the two "Bernard Bridges" over the Ourcq
Armentières-sur-Ourcq
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Armentières-sur-Ourcq
Coordinates: 49°11′00″N 3°23′14″E / 49.1833°N 3.3872°ECoordinates: 49°11′00″N 3°23′14″E / 49.1833°N 3.3872°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Château-Thierry
Canton	Neuilly-Saint-Front
Intercommunality	Ourcq et Clignon
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Jean-Pierre Bocquet
Area^1	6.81 km^2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	98
• Density	14/km^2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	02023 / 02210
Elevation	87–151 m (285–495 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.

Armentières-sur-Ourcq is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Geography

Armentières-sur-Ourcq is located some 30 km south of Soissons and 30 km south-east of Villers-Cotterêts. The D1 road runs through the south-west corner of the commune however the main access is on the D79 from La Croix-sur-Ourcq in the south-west running to the village then west to Nanteuil-Notre-Dame in the east. The D80 road also comes from Oulchy-le-Château in the north and continues south to Coincy. The commune is almost entirely farmland except for a belt of forest in the north.^[1]

The Ourcq river flows from east to west through the northern part of the commune and forming part of the northern border. The Ru Garnier stream flows from the south of the commune north through the village and continuing north to join the Ourcq river.^[1]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[1]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Armentières-sur-Ourcq^[2]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	Jean-Pierre Bocquet	UDF

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 98 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
234	200	200	201	207	209	229	204	213

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
191	168	166	163	175	171	190	161	145

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
171	169	157	117	153	158	143	140	125

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2010
108	76	76	74	85	105	101	100	98

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

Sites and monuments

Remains of the chateau

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

• The Chateau of Armentières (12th century).^[3] Its postern has been classified as a historical monument since 25 January 1921. It is currently privately owned and is visited every year during European Heritage Days. Since 2004 it has benefited from restoration works supported by the DRAC of Picardy and the General Council of Aisne
• The Bernard bridges (17th century)^[4][5] spanning the Ourcq.

Other sites of interest

• The Church (13th century) was severely damaged during the First World War and almost entirely rebuilt. It contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Bas-relief: Pietà Donatrice and patron (16th century)^[6]
  • A Funeral Monument of the Lords of Armentières (16th century)^[7]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Louis de Brienne de Conflans d'Armentières (1711-1774), Marshal of France
• Charles Louis Gabriel de Conflans d'Armentieres (1772-1849), military officer and French politician of the 18th and 19th centuries

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Report on the Château of Armentières (French)
• Armentières-sur-Ourcq on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• 40000 Bell Towers website (French)
• Armentières-sur-Ourcq on Lion1906
• Armentières-sur-Ourcq on Google Maps
• Armentières-sur-Ourcq on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Armahueres on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Armentières-sur-Ourcq 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 PA00115506 Chateau of Armentières (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA02000028 Bernard Bridges (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA02000029 Bernard Bridges (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000037 Pieta Donatrice and patron (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM02000036 Funeral Monument of the Lords of Armentières (French)