Achery, Aisne

Achery
Achery
Commune
	Achery Town Hall
	Location of Achery
	Achery Achery
	Coordinates: 49°41′35″N 3°23′26″E / 49.6931°N 3.3906°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Tergnier
Intercommunality	Chauny-Tergnier-La Fère
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Georges Demoulin
Area 1	6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Population (2021)	594
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02002 /02800
Elevation	48–103 m (157–338 ft) ; (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Acheryens or Acheryennes.^[2]

Geography

Achery is located some 20 km south by south-east of Saint-Quentin and 10 km north-east of Tergnier. The commune is on the Oise river which flows south forming the north-western border of the commune before flowing through the commune and continuing south. The tributary of the Oise, the Serre, forms the southern border of the commune before joining the Oise just south of Achery. The town of Achery is about 1.5 km directly south of Mayot on Highway D13 which passes through Achery south to Danizy. Other roads into the commune are the D643 (Rue Jules Lesage) west from the village to Travecy and also east (Rue Jean Moulin) to Anguilcourt-le-Sart. The Rue de Fort forms most of the northern border of the commune with various country roads forming most of the western border.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[3]

Some distance from the town there is a quarry and an old gunpowder factory.

History

In the distant past, the village was called Achiriacus in 990.

Achery had its own lords. The lordship had his castle but it was destroyed once before being rebuilt in the 14th century. The lordship fell to the Count of Anizy. During the French Revolution the castle was destroyed and Achery became an independent commune. During the First World War, the village was completely destroyed but was rebuilt after the war.

Administration

List of Mayors of Achery^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	Current	Georges Demoulin	DVD

(Not all data is known)

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	533	—
2007	539	+1.1%
2008	546	+1.3%
2009	567	+3.8%
2010	587	+3.5%
2011	608	+3.6%
2012	620	+2.0%
2013	620	+0.0%
2014	614	−1.0%
2015	608	−1.0%
2016	602	−1.0%

Template:Table Population Town

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round ^[5]

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	2017	Marine Le Pen	FN	65.68
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	2012	François Hollande	PS	52.52
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	52.87
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" \|	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	60.07

Events

Flea market in May
Festival on the third Sunday in June

Sites and monuments

The Church of Saint-Martin: rebuilt after the First World War
An Old water mill
The Dovecote Square
Marshes and ponds
Remains of many blockhouses of the Hindenburg Line

Notes and references

Notes

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Inhabitants of Aisne (in French)
^ ^a ^b Google maps
^ List of Mayors of France
^ http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/

[popleg2021-1] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[2] Inhabitants of Aisne (in French)

[Google-3] Google maps

[4] List of Mayors of France

[5] ttp://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/

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