Cierges

Cierges is a commune with 73 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Aisne in the Picardie region. It belongs to the district of Château- Thierry, the canton of Fere -en- Tardenois and the Local Government Association Tardenois.

Geography

Cierges located in the southwest of the Picardy region on the plateau of Tardenois in Omois, 33 kilometers southwest of Reims and 6.9 kilometers south-east of Fere -en- Tardenois, between Sergy in the northwest and Ronchères in the south. The Ourcq flows through the municipal area. Southwest of the community is a large forest called Bois Meunière.

History

1154 Cierges was mentioned as Cirgis in the cartulary of the monastery of Saint- Yved for the first time in a document. In 1234 it was mentioned as Cierge in the cartulary of the monastery Abbaye Notre- Dame d' Igny in Arcis -le- Ponsart. In 1383 it was mentioned in documents of Vermandois as Sierges. Melville wrote in his Dictionnaire historique du département de l' Aisne, that the place name is from the medieval Latin word cerchia, "circle", is derived. In modern French means Cierges " candles ".

In the 16th and 17th centuries was Cierges fiefs the family du Houx, in the 18th century until the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ), it passed by marriage into the possession of the Barons of Fruges.

Demographics

Attractions

The dolmen of Carauda dates from the Neolithic period. He was classified as a monument historique in 1889 already ( historical monument ).

The church of Notre -Dame was built in the 12th century and enlarged in the 13th century. It was classified in 1920 as a monument historique. Photos from 1920 show that it was then, probably damaged as a result of the First World War. In the church there are two other Monuments historiques, an altarpiece of 1667 and an image on the wainscoting of the choir on which the apostles and arabesques are shown.