Aisne | |
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Coordinates: 49°30′N 3°30′E / 49.500°N 3.500°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Prefecture | Laon |
Subprefectures | Château-Thierry Saint-Quentin Soissons Vervins |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Nicolas Fricoteaux[1] (UDI) |
Area | |
• Total | 7,369 km2 (2,845 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 525,558 |
• Rank | 51st |
• Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 02 |
Arrondissements | 5 |
Cantons | 21 |
Communes | 798 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Aisne (/eɪn/ ayn,[3] US also /ɛn/ en;[4] French: [ɛːn] ⓘ; Picard: Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2020, it had a population of 529,374.[5]