Aisne (Departement, France)

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Administrative data

Code: 02
Region: Picardie
Traditional provinces: Picardie, Ile-de-France, Champagne
Bordering departments: Ardennes, Marne, Nord, Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Somme
Bordering country: Belgium (province of Hainaut)

Area: 7,369 km²
Population (1995): 539, 500 inhabitants

Préfecture: Laon
Sous-préfectures: Château-Thierry, Saint-Quentin, Soissons, Vervins
Subdivisions: 5 arrondissements, 42 cantons, 817 communes.

The department is named after the river Aisne (280 km), tributary of Oise.