Bancigny () 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

Bancigny is located some 50 km northeast 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 ...

and 12 km east by southeast of

Vervins Vervins (; nl, Wervin) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. It lies between the small streams Vilpion and Chertemps, which drain towards the Serre. It is surrounde ...

. It can be accessed by the D747 road from

Plomion Plomion () is a Communes of France, commune in the Aisne Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Plomion was the site of a massacre by retreating German forces on the evening of August 31, 1944 as the Ame ...

in the northwest which then continues east to

Jeantes Jeantes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Aisne Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History It has been concluded that the area was occupied during the Gallic and Gallo-Roman times due to remains fo ...

. There is also country road access from west, south, and north. Apart from the village the commune is entirely farmland with no other villages or hamlets.Google Maps
/ref> The commune is traversed by the ''Huteau'' stream from east to west north of the village and bordering the Mill Farm northwest of the village.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

Bancigny was called ''Bancegnies'' on a map dated 1205 and at that time the area was a lordship. The Bancigny area was made a County in 1590. During 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 ...

, Bancigny became a commune in the Canton of Plomion in the district of Vervins. In 1801 the commune was transferred to the

Canton of Vervins The canton of Vervins is an administrative division in northern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 24 to 66 communes: *Archon * Les Autels * Autreppes *Bancigny *Berlis ...

in the

Arrondissement of Vervins The arrondissement of Vervins is an arrondissement of France in the Aisne department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 160 communes. Its population is 72,157 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Vervi ...

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Bancigny

Population

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *A Farmhouse at Place de l'Eglise (18th century) *A Farmhouse at 2 Route de Jeantes (18th century) *A Farmhouse at Le Moulin (1808) *A Mill and Farmhouse at Le Moulin (1925)

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *The Fortified Church of Saint-Nicolas (16th century). The symmetry of the two towers can no longer be seen as the upper part of each defence tower was leveled in the period 1900-1905 as evidenced by postcards of the period. The Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects: **A Group Sculpture: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John (16th century) **A

Baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism. Aspersion and affusion fonts The fonts of many Christian denominations are for baptisms using a non-immersive method, such as aspersion (sprinkling) or affusion (pouring). ...

(12th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy File:Bancigny (Aisne) église, fonts baptismaux 03.JPG, The Baptismal font File:Bancigny (Aisne) église, statue vierge et enfant, detail defense.JPG, The Statue of the Virgin File:Bancigny (Aisne) église, tableau Saint-Nicolas.JPG, A Painting of Saint Nicolas File:Bancigny (Aisne) église, détail defense.JPG, Inside the Tower

References

External links

Bancigny on the old National Geographic Institute website

Terascia
a specialised website for the ''Thiérache'' region

40000 Bell Towers website

Bancigny on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Bancigny'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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