Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache (, literally ''Le Nouvion in
Thiérache
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Aisne
Aisne ( , ; ; ) is a French departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne (river), Aisne. In 2020, it had a population of 529,374.
Geography
The department borders No ...
region
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of
Hauts-de-France
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(formerly
Picardy
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), northern
France
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.
Population
History
World War I
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On 27 August 1914, 210 houses in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache were destroyed. On 3 October 1914 the Germans requisitioned cars and trucks, six bicycles, candles and kerosene. Every day, the town had to supply the Germans with 100 kg of assorted meat, 85 kg of bread, 48 kg of oats, 8 bales of alfalfa; 8 bales of straw, carrots, turnips, a cabbage and 200 kg of coal. A large part of the Nouvion-en-Thiérache forest is requisitioned and cut down to produce coal and rifle butts. On 6 November 1918 the town was liberated.
Personalities
* Kamini (born 1979), rapper, comedian and screenwriter.
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Ernest Lavisse
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architect
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and
urbanist
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