Ambrief is a commune in the

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Aisne Aisne ( , ; ; pcd, Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2019, it had a population of 531,345.Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...

region of northern France.

Geography

Ambrief is located some 10 km southeast of Soissons and 30 km northeast of

Villers-Cotterêts Villers-Cotterêts () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, France. It is notable as the signing-place in 1539 of the ''Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts'' discontinuing the use of Latin in official French documents, and as the ...

. It can be accessed on the D951 road from the north which passes through the village and continues south to Chacrise. The D6 road forms the northeastern border of the commune. There are also several country roads linking the village to the west and a country road going to the east. There is an area of forest on the eastern side of the village however the rest of the commune is entirely farmland. There are no other villages or hamlets and no identifiable waterways in the commune.Google Maps
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Neighbouring communes and villages

History

Ambrief was a centre for the

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Administration

List of successive mayors of Ambrief

Population

Distribution of age groups

Percentage distribution of age groups in Ambrief and Aisne department in 2017 Sources: INSEEÉvolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Ambrief (02012)
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Sites and monuments

*Remains of the "Temple Farm" which was closely related to the

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of Mount Soissons. *Many remains of cave dwellings

Notable people linked to the commune

*Nicolas Bertin (1752-1816), General of the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

, born in Ambrief and died at

La Ferté-Milon La Ferté-Milon () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, northern France. Geography La Ferté-Milon is situated on the river Ourcq, 27 km southwest of Soissons and 30 km northeast of Meaux. La Ferté-Milon station h ...

References

External links

Ambrief official website

Ambrief on the old IGN website

40000 bell towers website

Ambrief on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Ambrief'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{authority control Communes of Aisne