Laon is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
In France, the Chemin des Dames is part of the route départementale D18 and runs east and west in the Aisne department, between in the west, the Route Nationale 2, and in the east, the D1044 at Corbeny. It is some 30 kilometres (19 mi) long and runs along a ridge between the valleys of the rivers Aisne and Ailette.
The arrondissement of Laon is an arrondissement of France in the Aisne department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 240 communes. Its population is 157,371 (2016), and its area is 2,175.3 km2 (839.9 sq mi).
The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Aisne department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Aubigny-en-Laonnois is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The canton of Fère-en-Tardenois is an administrative division in northern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 23 to 84 communes :
The canton of Anizy-le-Château is a former administrative division in northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its population was 10,945 in 2012. It included the following communes:
The canton of Craonne is a former administrative division in northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 6,085 inhabitants (2012).
The canton of Marle is an administrative division in northern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 23 to 65 communes:
The canton of Sissonne is a former administrative division in northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 20 communes, which joined the new canton of Villeneuve-sur-Aisne in 2015. It had 10,657 inhabitants (2012).
The canton of Bohain-en-Vermandois is an administrative division in northern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 13 to 31 communes:
The canton of Soissons-2 is an administrative division in northern France. It consists of the southern part of the town of Soissons and its southern suburbs. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 11 to 14 communes. Since the merger, on 1 January 2023, of Berzy-le-Sec and Noyant-et-Aconin into Bernoy-le-Château the canton has had 13 communes.
The canton of Villers-Cotterêts is an administrative division in northern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 20 to 76 communes:
The canton of Guise is an administrative division in northern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 19 to 45 communes:
The Abbey of St. John, Laon was a Benedictine monastery in Laon, France, from 1128 to 1766, which replaced a nunnery founded in 641. The prefecture of the department of Aisne now occupies the site.
The canton of Villeneuve-sur-Aisne is an administrative division of the Aisne department, in northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Villeneuve-sur-Aisne.
The canton of Laon-1 is an administrative division of the Aisne department, in northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Laon.
The canton of Carignan is an administrative division of the Ardennes department, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Carignan.
The canton of Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets is an administrative division of the Eure-et-Loir department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets.
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Laon is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Laon. It is located in the Aisne department, in the Hauts-de-France region, northern France. Created in 2014, its seat is in Aulnois-sous-Laon. Its area is 315.4 km2. Its population was 42,147 in 2019, of which 24,304 in Laon proper.
