Prémontré
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| Coordinates: 49°32′28″N 3°24′53″E / 49.5411°N 3.4147°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Laon |
| Canton | Laon-1 |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Isabelle Delot[1] |
Area 1 | 8.33 km2 (3.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 617 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02619 /02320 |
| Elevation | 84–215 m (276–705 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Prémontré (French pronunciation: [pʁemɔ̃tʁe]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Etymology
[edit]The name of the locality is attested in the forms Premonstratum (1120), Pratum-Monstratum (1140), Prémonstré (1219), Prémoustré (1274), Premonstret (1292), and Presmoustré (1588).[3]
Pratum monstratum ("pre-discovered, uncovered"), or Prémonstré was a site offered in the twelfth century to Norbert of Xanten to found his community. According to legends as well as Ernest Nègre, the toponym comes from the adjective prémontré in langue d'oïl "(place) shown in advance". (Saint Norbert said that the location of the abbey had been designated to him by God[4], and this name was to serve as the name of the new religious order he founded there[5]).
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,872 | — |
| 1968 | 2,024 | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 2,039 | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 1,490 | −26.9% |
| 1990 | 1,070 | −28.2% |
| 1999 | 775 | −27.6% |
| 2008 | 764 | −1.4% |
| 2012 | 773 | +1.2% |
Sights
[edit]The remains of Prémontré Abbey, the mother house of the Premonstratensian Order, are located in Prémontré.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Matton, Auguste (1871). Dictionnaire topographique de l'Aisne (in French). Paris. p. 222.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Nègre, Ernest (1998). Toponymie générale de la France (in French). Geneva. p. 1520.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Gaston, Delphine (2019). A chaque jour, son saint ! (in French). p. 168.
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