Annois

For the Australian watercolor artist, see Len Annois.

Annois
Commune
Location of Annois
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Coordinates: 49°43′18″N3°10′42″E / 49.7217°N 3.1783°E / 49.7217; 3.1783
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Ribemont
Intercommunality	CA Saint-Quentinois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hugues Demarest [1]
Area 1	5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	355
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02019 /02480
Elevation	63–158 m (207–518 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Annois (French pronunciation: [anwa] ) is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Geography

Annois is located some 33 km northwest of Laon and 30 km east of Roye. It is accessed by road D937 from Cugny in the west and continuing east to Flavy-le-Martel. There is also the D32 from Saint-Simon to Flavy-le-Martel passing through the northeast of the commune. Branching from this road is the D431 which goes to the village. A railway line passes through the heart of the commune from west to east but the nearest station is the Flavy-le-Martel station outside the eastern border of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with some forest on the northern and southern edges of the commune. ^[3]

The Canal de Saint-Quentin passes just to the north of the commune and there are large ponds in the north of the commune connected to the canal. A stream flows through the length of the commune from south to north connecting to the network of ponds. ^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Mayors of Annois ^[4]

From	To	Name	Party
2001	2020	Richard Telatynski	DVD
2020	Present	Hugues Demarest [1]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	345	—
1975	370	+1.00%
1982	397	+1.01%
1990	372	−0.81%
1999	383	+0.32%
2007	378	−0.16%
2012	387	+0.47%
2017	364	−1.22%
Source: INSEE [5]

Personalities

Charles Augustus Pinguet (also called Badinguet) was born in Annois on 1 July 1826. On 1 February 1840 aged 14 he began working as a "cad" (valet service in the army ^[6] ) working as a painter on the maintenance of the Château de Ham. He became a friend of Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte during his imprisonment there for six years. On 25 May 1846 the future Napoleon III dressed in Pinguet's clothes: blue pants, blue cloth coat, hat, and shoes. Pinguet gave him a board soiled with lime mortar and plaster. On 25 May 1846 at six in the morning, Napoleon's escape began and he was in England by the next day.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. Le Petit Robert, ed. 1967 (in French)

External links

• Annois on the old National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Annois on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Annoy on the 1750 Cassini Map