Assis-sur-Serre 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

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Geography

Assis-sur-Serre is located some 30 km southeast of Saint-Quentin and 15 km northwest of

Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. In ...

. It can be accessed by the D35 road from Remies in the west through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing to Pouilly-sur-Serre in the east. There is also the D351 road going north from the village and joining the D642 which continues north to Montigny-sur-Crecy. There is a network of country roads in the commune which is entirely farmland apart from the village.Google Maps
/ref> The Serre river flows through the north of the commune forming part of the northern border but there are no other waterways in the commune other than a small loop off the Serre.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Mayors of Assis-sur-Serre

Population

Sites and Monuments

Calvary Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early mediev ...

in the middle of the village square.

Notable People linked to the commune

*Louis Santos-Marriage, architect of the Assis-sur-Serre millSource: ''Some works of Louis Lynch-Marriage, SC Saint-Quentin architect'', edition Batimod-Strasbourg, author Henry Mead

Facilities

The village has land for motocross and a tennis court.

References

External links

Assis-sur-Serre on the old IGN website

40000 bell towers website

Assis-sur-Serre on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Aßy'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Assissurserre Communes of Aisne