Nauroy () is a
commune in the
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.[department
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Government and military
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in
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 ...
in northern
France
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.
Population
Notable people
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Désiré François Laugée
Désiré François Laugée (25 January 1823 – 24 January 1896) was a French painter. His work included portraits and classical religious or historical scenes.
His large murals still decorate several churches in Paris. He also made naturalist la ...
(1823-1896), painter and poet, mayor of Nauroy in the 1880s.
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Georges Laugée (1853-1937), Naturalist French painter of the 19th and early 20th century, son of the preceding. Part of his work dedicated to the life of peasants in the fields was set in Nauroy. His daughter, Désirée Françoise, married
Edmond Eggli (1881-1956) in Nauroy on 18 July 1914.
* Joachim Pierre Joseph Malézieux (1851-1906), né à Nauroy, dessinateur et poète, auteur de nombreux dessins des églises de la région.
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Maurice Vernes (1845-1923), French theologian, born in Nauroy
See also
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Communes of the Aisne department
The following is a list of the 799 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of France, department of Aisne.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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