Aisonville-et-Bernoville is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
Geography The commune is some 15 km north-east of Saint-Quentin and some 8 km north-west of Guise. The commune can be accessed from Etaves-et-Bocquiaux in the west by road D31 which runs east into the commune and into the town where it joins road D960 which runs northwest to Bohain-en-Vermandois and south-east to join road D68. Road D68 also runs from the town north-east to Grougis and south-west to Montigny-en-Arrouaise. Road D67 runs from Remaucort to near the Oise river form the southern border of the commune. The commune is almost all farmland except for a small area of forest near the town. There is only one other hamlet - that of Bernoville - which is close to the main town.Google Maps
Neighbouring communes and villages
History From 10 to 18 October 1918, the Battle of Aisonville-et-Bernoville was dominated by nearly 10 French regiments who overcame a powerful German army entrenched in the village. On the French side there were two thousand casualties, including 400 deaths.
Administration
Mayors of Aisonville-et-BernovilleList of Mayors of France From To Name 2001 2015 Alain Violette 2016 Present Christian Parent
Population
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage The commune has a one building that is registered as an historical monument: The Château de Bernoville (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée is of a regional architecture in brick and stone. The old stables have been converted into a three-star hotel.
Religious heritage
The commune has two religious buildings that are registered as historical monuments: The Parish Church of Notre-Dame de la Nativité (18th century).Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: A Eucharistic Suspension (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy An Altar painting: the Assumption (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Retable (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy The Main Altar (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy The Main Altar retable and painting (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Painting: Nativité Puységur (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Statue: Virgin and Child (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Cross: Christ on the Cross (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy The former Parish Church of Saint-Jean (1841).Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The church contains one item that is registered as an historical object: A painting and frame: the Education of Christ (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Notable people linked to the communes Dame Marie Martine Camps-Laurent, wife of Ferdinand de l'Epine was the Lady of Bernoville, Aisonville, and of Roberfart and other places.Parish Register of Quesnoy (59): Her husband remarried on 3 November 1782. She died in 1777 and her will, which was dated 10 May 1774, made her husband her sole heir but was annulled by a decree of the parliament of Paris on 1 September 1780.Universal and reasoned Directory of civil, criminal, canonical and beneficial, by Joseph Nicolas Guyot and others, 1785, Vol 17, page 119 et al. - rubrique Testament, consultable on Google Books.
See also Communes of the Aisne department
References
External links Aisonville-et-Bernoville on the old IGN website Aisonville-et-Bernoville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Aisonville and Bernoville on the 1750 Cassini Map