Aisne
Aisne ( , ; ; ) is a French departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne (river), Aisne. In 2020, it had a population of 529,374.
Geography
The department borders No ...
in the
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...
region of northern
France
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. It was established as a ''
commune nouvelle
A () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the Uni ...
'' on 1 January 2023 from the merger of the communes of Berzy-le-Sec and
Noyant-et-Aconin
Noyant-et-Aconin () is a former commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of Bernoy-le-Château.
During World War I, American politician-turned-soldier Roy E ...