Vervins (; nl, Wervin) is a

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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 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, ...

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in northern

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. It is a

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of the department. It lies between the small streams Vilpion and Chertemps, which drain towards the Serre. It is surrounded by the communes of

Fontaine-lès-Vervins Fontaine-lès-Vervins (, literally ''Fontaine near Vervins'') 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 commun ...

La Bouteille La Bouteille () is a commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. Th ...

Landouzy-la-Cour Landouzy-la-Cour () 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 in the French department of Aisne. T ...

Thenailles Thenailles () 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 in the French department of Aisne. The co ...

Hary Hary () 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 in the French department of Aisne. The communes ...

Gercy Gercy () 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 in the French department of Aisne. The commune ...

, and

Voulpaix Voulpaix () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population Mayor * Gaston Louvet: 1947-1965 * Guy Renaux: 1965-1995 * Michel Degardin: 1995-2008 * Jean-Paul Renaux: 2008–present See also * Commun ...

. Its population is 2,502 (2015).Commune de Vervins
INSEE Vervins was mentioned as ''Verbinum'' in the 3rd century ''

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''. A Roman theatre has been excavated in the 1870s. The

Peace of Vervins The Peace of Vervins or Treaty of Vervins was signed between the representatives of Henry IV of France and Philip II of Spain under the auspices of the papal legates of Clement VIII, on 2 May 1598 at the small town of Vervins in Picardy, northern ...

was signed here in 1598, ending a war between France and Spain.

Population

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Communes of Aisne Subprefectures in France Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Vervins-geo-stub