Geography of Aisne

The Géographie of the Aisne is characterized by its flat relief. Only is a Butte-témoin in full center on which the medieval city of Laon is planted. This central situation made of Laon the prefecture, whereas the town of Saint-Quentin, offset, is three times more populated.

Vicinity and formation

Situation

It is surrounded by the departments of the Northern , of the Somme, the Oise, Seine-et-Marne, the Marne and the the Ardennes like by the Belgium.

Its conformation is recent and does not correspond to a zone inherited the historical past.

Quotation

“One made with clippings of the Picardy, Thiérache, Champagne and Île-de-France, an odd department of form and particularly composite amalgam, and one gave him the name of the most beautiful river which crosses it: the Aisne. ”

Guillaume Hanotaux

Description

Agglomerations

Prefecture: Laon. Other important cities: Tergnier, Chauny, Hirson, Villers-Cotterêts, Saint-Quentin.

Agriculture

The town of Laon forms a pivot: in the south of the department, the wooded areas are numerous; in the north of the prefecture the fields of Betterave start, whose crisis of production of the Années 1970 marked the local decline. The Ovine breeding and Bovin is also practiced in greens pastures.

Cours d' water

The Aisne, the the Marne, the Ourcq, the Vesle, the Somme, the Oise, the Greenhouse.

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