Aisne
Aisne | |
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Laon, capital city of the Aisne department | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Aisne in France | |
| Coordinates: 49°30′N 3°30′E / 49.500°N 3.500°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Prefecture | Laon |
| Subprefectures | Château-Thierry Saint-Quentin Soissons Vervins |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Nicolas Fricoteaux (UDI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,369 km2 (2,845 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 523,342 |
| • Rank | 51st |
| • Density | 71.02/km2 (183.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 02 |
| Arrondissements | 5 |
| Cantons | 21 |
| Communes | 798 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Aisne (/eɪn/ ayn, US also /ɛn/ en; French: [ɛːn] ⓘ; Picard: Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2020, it had a population of 529,374.