Nauroy
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
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Nauroy (French pronunciation: [noʁwa]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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_mairie.JPG) The town hall of Nauroy | |
 Location of Nauroy | |
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| Coordinates: 49°57′15″N 3°15′21″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Quentin |
| Canton | Bohain-en-Vermandois |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Vermandois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Jacques Froment[1] |
Area 1 | 6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 659 |
| • Density | 105/km2 (272/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02539 /02420 |
| Elevation | 93–152 m (305–499 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 666 | — |
| 1975 | 683 | +0.36% |
| 1982 | 685 | +0.04% |
| 1990 | 728 | +0.76% |
| 1999 | 681 | −0.74% |
| 2007 | 683 | +0.04% |
| 2012 | 714 | +0.89% |
| 2017 | 703 | −0.31% |
| 2023 | 659 | −1.07% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Notable people
- Désiré François Laugée (1823-1896), painter and poet, mayor of Nauroy in the 1880s.
- Georges Laugée (1853-1937), Naturalist French painter of the 19th and early 20th century, son of the preceding. Part of his work dedicated to the life of peasants in the fields was set in Nauroy. His daughter, Désirée Françoise, married Edmond Eggli (1881-1956) in Nauroy on 18 July 1914.
- Joachim Pierre Joseph Malézieux (1851-1906), né à Nauroy, dessinateur et poète, auteur de nombreux dessins des églises de la région.[4]
- Maurice Vernes (1845-1923), French theologian, born in Nauroy
