Saint-Michel, Aisne

Saint-Michel
Saint-Michel Abbey
Coat of arms
Saint-Michel
Location within Picardy region Saint-Michel
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Vervins
Canton	Hirson
Intercommunality	Pays des Trois Rivières
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thierry Verdavaine
Area1	42.2 km2 (16.3 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	3,542
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02684 / 02830
Elevation	172–278 m (564–912 ft) (avg. 201 m or 659 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Michel is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. It is also unofficially called Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	4,502	—
1968	4,342	−3.6%
1975	4,155	−4.3%
1982	4,044	−2.7%
1990	3,783	−6.5%
1999	3,656	−3.4%
2008	3,522	−3.7%
2012	3,542	+0.6%

Personalities

• French Revolution leader Antoine Joseph Santerre, whose family moved from Saint-Michel to Paris before the Revolution.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

• INSEE