Vendhuile
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| Coordinates: 50°00′39″N 3°12′33″E / 50.0108°N 3.2092°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Quentin |
| Canton | Bohain-en-Vermandois |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Vermandois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Xavier Passet[1] |
| Area 1 | 10.96 km2 (4.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 563 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02776 /02420 |
| Elevation | 83–143 m (272–469 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vendhuile is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.[3] It received the Croix de guerre for its suffering in World War I.
Geography
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The hamlet of La Terrière, just under 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the northeast, which includes around forty houses and a church, is part of Vendhuile as to 1⁄4, and the rest is in the commune of Honnecourt-sur-Escaut in Nord.
Town planning
According to the terms of Insee and its zoning published in 2020, Vendhuile is a rural municipality, as it does not belong to any urban unit. The municipality is part of the functional area (aire d'attraction, commuting zone) of Saint-Quentin.[3]
History
Toponymy
Soldile appears in 1148 under the name of Vendulia in a cartulary of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Martin then Vendulium, Soldile, Soldille, Soldile-en-l'Empire, Vendhuille-Cambrésis, Vendhuille sur Cambrésis, Vendhuille on the Cassini map around 1750, and the current Vendhuile spelling at the end of the 18th century.[4]
18th century map
The pre-Revolutionary Cassini map above shows that Vendhuile lying on the Scheldt (Escaut). A water mill symbolized by a toothed wheel was on the river.
To the north, La Terrière is a hamlet (subsidiary place without a church).
Politics and administration
The commune of Vendhuile is a member of the Intercommunalité of Pays du Vermandois, a Public Establishment for Inter-municipal Cooperation (EPCI) with its own tax system created on 31 December 1993 whose head office is at Bellicourt. The latter is also a member of other inter-municipal groupings.[5]
Administratively, it is in the arrondissement of Saint-Quentin, in the department of Aisne and the region of Hauts-de-France.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Commune de Vendhuile (02776), INSEE
- ^ "Dictionary of topography of France. Topographical dictionary of the department of Aisne: including old and modern place names / ed. under the auspices of the Academic Society of Laon, by M. Auguste Matton; publ. by order of the Minister of Public Instruction; and under the dir. of the Historical Works Committee". Gallica. 1871. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Pays du Vermandois as at 1 April 2020". banatic.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
