Agnicourt-et-Séchelles

Agnicourt-et-Séchelles (French pronunciation: [aɲikuʁ e seʃɛl]; Picard: Nicourt-et-Séchelle) is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Agnicourt-et-Séchelles
Commune
Location of Agnicourt-et-Séchelles
Agnicourt-et-Séchelles Agnicourt-et-Séchelles
Coordinates: 49°43′02″N 3°57′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Marle
Intercommunality	Pays de la Serre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Leturque
Area 1	10.79 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	186
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02004 /02340
Elevation	96–175 m (315–574 ft) (avg. 127 m or 417 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Agnicourt-et-Séchelles is located some 60 km south-east of Saint-Quentin and 20 km south by south-east of Vervins. It consists of two parcels of land joined by a narrow neck with both portions straddling road D58 between Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt in the west and Chaourse in the east. The southern portion of the commune is traversed by the D946 road from Marle in the west to Montcornet in the south-east almost parallel to the D58. Road D59 links the two roads in the commune and also to the village. The hamlet of Moranzy is at the intersection of Highway D58 and D59 and the hamlet of Séchelles lies in the eastern portion of the commune on Highway D58. The rest of the commune is entirely farmland.

Administration

Mayors of Agnicourt-et-Séchelles

From	To	Name	Party
2001	Current	Patrice Leturque	DVG

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 403 —     1800 448 +1.52% 1806 543 +3.26% 1821 617 +0.86% 1831 674 +0.89% 1836 684 +0.29% 1841 673 −0.32% 1846 665 −0.24% 1851 688 +0.68% 1856 640 −1.44% 1861 609 −0.99% 1866 660 +1.62% 1872 605 −1.44% 1876 614 +0.37% 1881 609 −0.16% 1886 559 −1.70% 1891 485 −2.80% 1896 467 −0.75%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 450 −0.74% 1906 459 +0.40% 1911 450 −0.40% 1921 408 −0.98% 1926 393 −0.75% 1931 354 −2.07% 1936 374 +1.11% 1946 350 −0.66% 1954 314 −1.35% 1962 294 −0.82% 1968 248 −2.80% 1975 238 −0.59% 1982 224 −0.86% 1990 209 −0.86% 1999 211 +0.11% 2007 186 −1.56% 2012 202 +1.66% 2017 177 −2.61%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

North side of the choir of Agnicourt church. The tower is covered with stone and not slate!

Sites and monuments

• Church of Saint-Médard at Agnicourt (12th century)

Chapel of Saint Agapit at Séchelles

• Chapel of Saint Agapit at Séchelles. In Séchelles, unlike most other villages in the area, the church does not overlook the area around it as space for housing was at a premium. The topology is different (flat and less rugged) so the mode of defence of the immediate vicinity of the building was different.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Agnicourt-et-Séchelles on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Agnicourt and Sechelles on the 1750 Cassini Map