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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.