Barisis-aux-Bois, formerly called Barisis until 3 December 2014, is a commune in the

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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

Barisis-aux-Bois is located some 20 km west 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 25 km north of Soissons. The village is in the heart of the national forest of Saint-Gobain. The commune can be accessed by the D1750 road from

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in the west to the village with the D534 continuing east to Saint-Gobain and the D535 going southeast to

Septvaux Septvaux is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also * Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of F ...

. There is also the D53 road from

Amigny-Rouy Amigny-Rouy () is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Geography Amigny-Rouy is located some 30 km south of Saint Quentin and 25 km west by northwest of Laon. The commune is accessed ...

in the north passing through the village and continuing south to Verneuil-sous-Coucy. The D7 road from Amigny-Rouy to Saint-Gobain passes through the northern corner of the commune. Other than the village there are three hamlets in the commune: Bernagousse, L'Abbaye, and Le Crotoir. The commune is heavily forested, especially in the north - with some areas of farmland. The ''Menil'' stream passes through the commune from south to north joining the ''Ruisseau de Servais'' and continuing north forming part of the eastern border of the commune joining with many other streams before joining the Oise.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

Barisis-aux-Bois appears as ''Barisy'' on the 1750

Cassini Map The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Ca ...

and the same on the 1790 version. The spelling of ''Barisis'' was registered in the Bulletin des lois of 1801 although in 1793 the spelling had been ''Barizis''. Barisis-aux-Bois has an old railway station on the former Chauny to Saint-Gobain line. Gare de Barisis 1900

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Barisis-aux-BoisList of Mayors of France

Population

Notable people linked to the commune

*Louis Nicolas Lemasle, painter, retired in Barisis and died there on 14 October 1876.

References

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