Bagneux () is a

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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

Bagneux is located some 10 km north by northwest of

Soissons Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital ...

and 25 km southeast of

Noyon Noyon (; pcd, Noéyon; la, Noviomagus Veromanduorum, Noviomagus of the Veromandui, then ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department, northern France. Geography Noyon lies on the river Oise (river), Oise, a ...

. It can be accessed by road D428 from Épagny in the west running east through the commune to Juvigny. The south and west of the commune are heavily forested slopes with the rest of the commune flat farmland.Google Maps
/ref> Part of the southern border of the commune is formed by ''Le Plat Ru'' stream which joins the ''Ru de Mareuil'' which is the western border of the commune and continues west.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

In the second round of the French presidential election of 2002 Bagneux had the fifteenth largest vote for Jean-Marie Le Pen in France. His score in the commune was 53.85% of the total vote.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Bagneux Bagneux, Aisne, Street

;Mayors from 1941

Population

Sites and monuments

The Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects: *A Group Sculpture: Saint Martin and the pauper (16th century) *A

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(destroyed) (13th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

References

External links

Bagneux on the old IGN website

40000 Bell Towers website

Agglomeration Community of Soissonnais website

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