commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The ...
in northern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
. Its location on the
Canal de Saint-Quentin
The Canal de Saint-Quentin () is a canal in northern France connecting the canalised river Escaut in Cambrai to the Canal latéral à l'Oise and Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne in Chauny.
History
The canal was built in two phases, the second much lo ...
and the
Creil–Jeumont railway
The railway from Creil to Jeumont is an important French 187-kilometre long railway line, that connects Creil, a northern suburb of Paris, to Jeumont on the Belgian border. It was opened in several stages between 1847 and 1855. The opening of the ...
(
Tergnier station
Tergnier station ( French: ''Gare de Tergnier'') is a railway station serving the town Tergnier, Aisne department, northern France. It is situated at kilometric point 130.878 on the Creil–Jeumont railway.
Services
The station is served by reg ...
) supported its development as an industrial centre in the second half of the 19th century.
Politics and administration
The commune of Tergnier absorbed the former communes of
Fargniers
Fargniers is a district of the commune (municipality) of Tergnier located in the French department of Aisne. A former independent municipality, Fargniers was absorbed by Tergnier in 1973. Its population is 3,391 (2019).
and Vouël in 1973, and Quessy in 1991. Since the 2020 municipal elections, Michel Carreau has been the mayor of Tergnier.
Tergnier is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with the municipality of
Wolfhagen
Wolfhagen () is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 12 km southeast of Bad Arolsen, and 23 km west of Kassel on the German Timber-Frame Road. In 1992, the town hosted the 32nd Hessentag state festiva ...
(
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
) since 17 May 1981.
Population
The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Tergnier proper, in its geography at the given years, i.e. excluding former communes that were absorbed at a later date.