Artemps is a

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in the

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region of northern

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Geography

Artemps is located 10 km southwest of Saint-Quentin and 7 km northeast of

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. It can be accessed by the D32 road from Saint-Simon in the south passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing to

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in the north. There are a few country roads in the commune and the old Saint-Simon – Clastres Air Base is in the southeast of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with a forest belt along the whole northern border.Google Maps
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river flows along the northern border forming part of the border and the Canal of Saint-Quentin passes through parallel to the river inside the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of ArtempsList of Mayors of France

Population

Sites and Monuments

;St. Martin's Church This church is one of the few in France to have a steeple topped by two cocks. The church has undergone many changes over the years but was not completely destroyed during the two world wars. Most windows have been preserved and on one of them the master glassmaker represented the church. File:Statue de St Pierre à Artemps.JPG, Statue of Saint Pierre in the church File:Vitrail de St Martin à Artemps.JPG, Stained glass window in the church File:Clôcher aux deux coqs d'Artemps.JPG, The steeple with its two cocks

References

External links

Artemps on the old IGN website

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