Pargny-la-Dhuys () 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.
Population
Sights
The commune's church is St. Martin Church, which has Gothic
arch
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Arches may be synonymous with vaul ...
es and a slender
belfry.
Pargny-la-Dhuys is a former forge that was built on an
iron mine belonging to the County of
Braine Braine may refer to:
People
* Braine (surname)
Places
* Braine, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne, France
* Braine-l'Alleud, a municipality in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium
* Braine-le-Château, a municipality in the province ...
in the fifteenth century .
The last
lord of the commune was the Count de la Tour du Pin.
This is the location of the catchment of the : an
aqueduct of 131 km built between 1863 and 1865 that now supplies the city of Paris and the park at
Marne-la-Vallee with water.
See also
*
Communes of the Aisne department
References
External links
Pargny-la-Dhuys on the Official website of the tourist office of the Canton of Condé-en-Brie
Communes of Aisne
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