Vermand
Vermand is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Vermand | |
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 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Vermand 
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  Vermand  Vermand | |
| Coordinates: 49°52′N 3°09′E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Quentin |
| Canton | Saint-Quentin-1 |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Vermandois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Boniface |
| Area 1 | 15.75 km2 (6.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,092 |
| • Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02785 /02490 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vermand was probably the original capital of the Viromandui, after whom the region of Vermandois is named. It was later displaced by the Roman settlement of Augusta Viromanduorum, modern Saint-Quentin.[2]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 998 | — |
| 1968 | 1,135 | +13.7% |
| 1975 | 1,165 | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 1,163 | −0.2% |
| 1990 | 1,118 | −3.9% |
| 1999 | 1,069 | −4.4% |
| 2008 | 1,036 | −3.1% |
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Jean-Luc Collart and Michèle Gaillard, [http
- //www.persee.fr/doc/sracf_1159-7151_2004_act_25_1_1220 "Vermand /Augusta Viromanduorum (Aisne)"], Supplément à la Revue archéologique du centre de la France, 25, 1 (2004): 493–96.
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