Any-Martin-Rieux is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Geography The village was formerly known as Thiérache and was built on the edge of a stream. It is located 40 km northeast of Charleville-Mézières, 10 km southeast of Hirson, and about 8 km south of the Belgian frontier. The commune can be accessed by the D1043 (E44) road which passes through the southern part of the commune from Hirson in the west to Maubert-Fontaine in the east. The D5 road comes from Aubenton in the south intersecting the D1043 at the hamlet of Bellevue in the commune and continuing north to the village then on to Neuville-aux-Joutes. the D31 road from Saint-Michel in the west to Signy-le-Petit passes through the northern tip of the commune. The D134 road also goes from the village east through the hamlet of Martin-Rieux to Fligny. There are a few hamlets and villages in the commune: La Malaise, Martin-Rieux, La Rue du Moulin, Housseau, and Bellevue. The commune is mostly farmland but with a large area of forest in the northeast.Google Maps

Le Petit Gland river flows west through the commune with a network of tributaries feeding it including the Ruisseau des Sourdrons from the south and the Ruisseau de Laubry from the north. Le Petit Gland flows west to join the Gland river near Saint-Michel.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History Any or Anies (Martin-Rieux) was called Aneia in 646, Ania in 1218 and under the Ancien Régime was formerly part of the "généralité" of the town of Soissons and the bailiwick and electorate of the town of Guise (diocese of Laon). Today it is part of the Canton of Hirson, arrondissement of Vervins, in the Diocese of Soissons.

The Patron Saint is Saint Médard.

Any was once the capital of a lordship. There is mention of this village in the miracles of Saint Thierry, who lived in the 11th century. He called it "villa" and indicated it as being placed in the middle of the forest of Thiérache in the 11th century. Any was owned by Irmine, the daughter of Dagobert II, king of France. In 676 she gave the territory to de Trèves, the Abbot of Oeren, for the cure of her soul and that of her husband, Count Herman. The abbots of Saint-Laurent de Joinville had formerly owned a tax free estate at Any, said to be one of the oldest in the kingdom.Manuscript: Thiérache in History, out of the shadows, Périn. Bruno

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Any-Martin-RieuxList of Mayors of France

From To Name Party 2001 2006 Charles Kloppenburg SE 2006 2020 Prince Maillard 2020 Present Carine Van Der Sypt

Population

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage The commune has a large number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

The Gobert-Pasté House at 13 Rue du 11-Novembre (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée An old Manor at 5 Rue du 11-Novembre (1666)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée An old Fortified Chateau (12th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 1 Rue de l'Eglise (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Communal Schools and Town Hall at 15 Rue de l'Eglise (1862)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 16 Rue de l'Eglise (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 23 Rue de l'Eglise (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 5 Rue de l'Eglise (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A House at 3-5 Rue des Fontaines (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée An old Travellers Hotel at 6 Place de la Gare (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Blacksmith-farrier Farmhouse at 12 Rue de la Halle (1827)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 15 Rue de la Halle (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 11 Rue de Martin-Rieux (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 2 Rue de Martin-Rieux (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 25 Rue de Martin-Rieux (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 7 Rue de Martin-Rieux (1819)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 9 Rue de Martin-Rieux (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée An old Flour Mill at 15 Rue du Moulin (1733)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée An old Fortified Farmhouse at 16 Rue du Moulin (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 8 Rue du Moulin (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 4 Rue du Moulin (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 10 Sabat rural road (1829)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 13 Bellevue (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at 7 Bellevue (20th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Houses and Farms (17th-20th centuries)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée

Religious heritage The commune has many religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: The Bouvart Family Chapel Tomb (1890)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Liot Family Tomb (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Adèle Bouvart Tomb (1884)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Funeral Cross (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Maximilien Leden Tomb (1884)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Edmond Rope Tomb (1880)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Funeral Cross (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Madame Turquin Tomb (1883)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Cemetery (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Legras-My and Legras-Lefort Funeral Enclosure (1871)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Fortified Church of Saint-Médard and its cemetery (12th century).Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. A Wayside Cross at Rue de la Halle (1894)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée An Oratory of Notre-Dame of Lourdes at Rue des Joncquois (1894)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée An Oratory at La Folie (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée

Picture Gallery

See also Communes of the Aisne department Rio (disambiguation) Ríos (disambiguation)

References

External links Any-Martin-Rieux on the old National Geographic Institute website Any-Martin-Rieux Inventory of Cultural Heritage Any-Martin-Rieux on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Any and Martin Rieux on the 1750 Cassini Map