Arrancy Explained

Arrancy
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Laon
Canton:	Laon-2
Insee:	02024
Postal Code:	02860
Mayor:	Georges Harant^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Pays de Laon
Coordinates:	49.4928°N 3.7553°W
Elevation M:	120
Elevation Min M:	100
Elevation Max M:	209
Area Km2:	5.57

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

Geography

Arrancy is located some 15 km southeast of Laon and 40 km northwest of Reims. It can be accessed by the D1044 road from Festieux in the north which passes down the eastern edge of the commune and continues south to Corbeny. The village is accessed by the D88 which runs west from the D1044 to the village then continues west to Ployart-et-Vaurseine. There are also some country roads which access the commune. The commune is mixed farmland and forest with no other hamlets or villages other than Arrancy.^[2]

La Bièvre stream rises northeast of the village and flows southwest to the south of the village then west into the Ailette Lake.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Arrancy^[3]

Population

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

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

• The Chateau of Arrancy (17th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[4]
• The old Chateau of Arranceau (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[5]

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint-Rémi contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Statue (16th century)^[6]
• A Statue: Saint Barbe (16th century)^[7]
• A Tombstone of Charles Duglas, his wife, and their children (1703)^[8]
• A Tombstone of Louis de Proisy and Louise de Gris, his wife (1628)^[9]
• A Tombstone of Philippe Duglas (1614)^[10]
• A Tombstone of Jacques de Proisy, Baron of La Bove, and Claudine d'Espena, his wife (1561)^[11]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Thomas-Antoine-Jean Maussion, French politician, Mayor of Arrancy, died there in 1839.
• Lieutenant-Colonel René de La Tour du Pin, Marquis of La Charce, was born on 1 April 1834 in Arrancy.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Arrancy on the old IGN website
• Bell Towers website
• 40000 bell towers website
• Arrancy on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
• Arancy 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/Arrancy,+France/@49.4973925,3.7681055,5918m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e9b1afc769dc0d:0x40af13e8169fd00?hl=en Google Maps
3. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=10450 List of Mayors of France
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy