Fargniers
Fargniers is a part (an associated commune) of the commune (municipality) of Tergnier located in the French department of Aisne. A former independent municipality, Fargniers was absorbed by Tergnier in 1974. Its population is 3,328 (2022). Destroyed for 95% in the First World War, it was reconstructed in the 1920s with support from the Carnegie Endowment. The civil buildings (town hall, community hall, post office, kindergarten, girls' school, boys' school) lining the central square, Place Carnegie, have been listed as historic monuments.
References
- ^ Commune associée de Fargniers, INSEE
- ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0301, 27 December 1973, p. 13838.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Fargniers, EHESS (in French).
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Place Carnegie de Fargniers, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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