Nauroy

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
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
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentAisne
ArrondissementSaint-Quentin
CantonBohain-en-Vermandois
IntercommunalityPays du Vermandois
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Jacques Froment[1]
Area
1
6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
699
  Density110/km2 (290/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

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

  • 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

References


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