Ancienville Explained

Ancienville
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Soissons
Canton:	Villers-Cotterêts
Insee:	02015
Postal Code:	02600
Mayor:	Alain Desboves^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Retz-en-Valois
Coordinates:	49.2178°N 3.215°W
Elevation M:	132
Elevation Min M:	72
Elevation Max M:	174
Area Km2:	3.85

Ancienville (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Geography

Ancienville is located some 10 km east by southeast of Villers-Cotterets and 25 km southwest of Soissons. The commune can be accessed by the D973 road from Villers-Cotterets in the northwest continuing west through the heart of the commune north of the village to Chouy. The D1370 runs south from the D973 and passes through the village continuing south to Noroy-sur-Ourcq. The commune is partly farmland with forests in an arc from the southwest to the northeast.

La Savieres river flows south forming the western border of the commune and continues to join the Ourcq river near Silly-la-Poterie.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Ancienville^[3]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Town Hall/School (1841)^[4]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Fountain of devotion to the Virgin (19th century)^[5]
• A Wayside Cross (20th century)^[6]
• The Cross of the Federation Wayside Cross (1790)^[7]
• A Stone Cross (16th century)^[8]
• The Parish Church of Saint-Médard (20th century)^[9] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Funeral plaque for Jean Charpentier, Priest for Ancienville (1732)^[10]
  • A Tombstone for Jean Charpentier, Priest for Ancienville (1732)^[11]
  • A Stained Glass window: Nativity, Saint Médard, the adoration of the Magi (16th century)^[12]
  • A Bust: Christ (19th century)^[13]
  • A Chasuble, Maniple, Chalice cover (19th century)^[14]
  • A Chasuble, Stole, and Maniple (18th century)^[15]
  • A Statuette from a Processional Staff (19th century)^[16]
  • A Parish Processional Staff of Saint Médard (18th century)^[17]
  • A Baptismal font (1788)^[18]
  • A set of 2 Stained glass windows: Saint Médard, donor, Nativity, and the adoration of the Magi (16th century)^[19]
  • A Tombstone (3) (16th century)^[20]
  • A Tombstone (2) (16th century)^[21]
  • The Furniture in the Church^[22]

Gallery of Historical Monuments

Notable People linked to the commune

Charles Joseph Patissier de Bussy-Castelnau, Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau (1718–1785), Governor-General of Pondicherry.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Ancienville on the old IGN website
• Ancienville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
• Ancienville on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ancienville,+France/@49.2182191,3.2118682,2973m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e88cbf5838ff51:0x40af13e8169fd90?hl=en Google Maps
3. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=10441 List of Mayors of France
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy