Chaudardes

Chaudardes (French pronunciation: [ʃodaʁd]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Chaudardes
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Chaudardes
Chaudardes Chaudardes
Coordinates: 49°23′33″N 3°47′32″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Villeneuve-sur-Aisne
Intercommunality	Champagne Picarde
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Christophe Boselli
Area 1	4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	90
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02171 /02160
Elevation	47–78 m (154–256 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	73	—
1968	62	−15.1%
1975	54	−12.9%
1982	46	−14.8%
1990	68	+47.8%
1999	82	+20.6%
2008	85	+3.7%

Sights

• The church, which is a registered historic monument.
• The "lavoir", a public place where the women used to wash their clothes and which is also a "monument historique" because of its Blessed Virgin Mary statue whose color is still visible here and there
• The chapel, which is behind the lavoir and which can no longer be visited (stones fall)
• A statue of the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus on the village square, near the church
• The graveyard
• The river Aisne and the ruins of a bridge which was designed to link Chaudardes with Concevreux, a village on the other side of the river (this bridge has been destroyed during the World War I)

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department