Prémontré

Prémontré (French pronunciation: [pʁemɔ̃tʁe]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Prémontré
Commune
Abbey palace
Location of Prémontré
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Coordinates: 49°32′28″N 3°24′53″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Laon-1
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Isabelle Delot[1]
Area 1	8.33 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	596
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02619 /02320
Elevation	84–215 m (276–705 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Etymology

The name of the locality is attested in the forms Premonstratum (1120), Pratum-Monstratum (1140), Prémonstré (1219), Prémoustré (1274), Premonstret (1292), and Presmoustré (1588).^[3]

Pratum monstratum ("pre-discovered, uncovered"), or Prémonstré was a site offered in the twelfth century to Norbert of Xanten to found his community. According to legends as well as Ernest Nègre, the toponym comes from the adjective prémontré in langue d'oïl "(place) shown in advance". (Saint Norbert said that the location of the abbey had been designated to him by God,^[4] and this name was to serve as the name of the new religious order he founded there^[5]).

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,872	—
1968	2,024	+8.1%
1975	2,039	+0.7%
1982	1,490	−26.9%
1990	1,070	−28.2%
1999	775	−27.6%
2008	764	−1.4%
2012	773	+1.2%

Sights

The remains of Prémontré Abbey, the mother house of the Premonstratensian Order, are located in Prémontré.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department