Nauroy (French pronunciation: [noʁwa]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Nauroy
The town hall of Nauroy
The town hall of Nauroy
Location of Nauroy
Map
Nauroy is located in France
Nauroy
Nauroy
Nauroy is located in Hauts-de-France
Nauroy
Nauroy
Coordinates: 49°57′15″N 3°15′21″E / 49.9542°N 3.2558°E / 49.9542; 3.2558
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentAisne
ArrondissementSaint-Quentin
CantonBohain-en-Vermandois
IntercommunalityPays du Vermandois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Jacques Froment[1]
Area
1
6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
686
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
02539 /02420
Elevation93–152 m (305–499 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962663—    
1968666+0.5%
1975683+2.6%
1982685+0.3%
1990728+6.3%
1999681−6.5%
2006683+0.3%
2007683+0.0%
2012714+4.5%
2017703−1.5%
2018700−0.4%

Notable people edit

  • Désiré François Laugée (1823-1896), painter and poet, mayor of Nauroy in the 1880s.
  • Georges Laugée (1853-1937), Naturalist French painter of the 19th and early 20th century, son of the preceding. Part of his work dedicated to the life of peasants in the fields was set in Nauroy. His daughter, Désirée Françoise, married Edmond Eggli (1881-1956) in Nauroy on 18 July 1914.
  • Joachim Pierre Joseph Malézieux (1851-1906), né à Nauroy, dessinateur et poète, auteur de nombreux dessins des églises de la région.[3]
  • Maurice Vernes (1845-1923), French theologian, born in Nauroy

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Joachim Pierre Joseph Malézieux biographie Conducteur des Ponts des Chaussées, Poète, Conseiller Municipal, Géomètre".