Achery, Aisne

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

Achery
Commune
Town hall
Location of Achery
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Coordinates: 49°41′35″N 3°23′26″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Tergnier
Intercommunality	CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Legard[1]
Area 1	6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	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.

Geography

Achery is located some 20 km south by southeast 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

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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
2001	2020	Georges Demoulin	DVD
2020	Current	Marc Legard[1]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 689 —     1800 761 +1.43% 1806 754 −0.15% 1821 862 +0.90% 1831 1,046 +1.95% 1836 1,099 +0.99% 1841 1,125 +0.47% 1846 1,117 −0.14% 1851 1,088 −0.52% 1856 1,099 +0.20% 1861 1,074 −0.46% 1866 1,046 −0.53% 1872 924 −2.05% 1876 927 +0.08% 1881 895 −0.70% 1886 908 +0.29% 1891 809 −2.28% 1896 763 −1.16%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 671 −2.54% 1906 687 +0.47% 1911 655 −0.95% 1921 451 −3.66% 1926 464 +0.57% 1931 449 −0.66% 1936 469 +0.88% 1946 520 +1.04% 1954 501 −0.46% 1962 508 +0.17% 1968 524 +0.52% 1975 508 −0.44% 1982 578 +1.86% 1990 564 −0.31% 1999 540 −0.48% 2007 539 −0.02% 2012 620 +2.84% 2017 598 −0.72%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

Achery War Memorial

Events

• Flea market in May
• Festival on the third Sunday in June

Sites and monuments

The Church of Saint Martin

Old Blockhouse from the Hindenburg line

• 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

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Achery". Achery.
4. Weinland, Robert. "francegenweb.org - votre service benevole d'assistance genealogique". www.francegenweb.org.
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Achery, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Achery on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Achery on the 1750 Cassini Map