Saint-Gobain, Aisne

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{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Saint-Gobain (Aisne)}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Saint-Gobain

|commune status = Commune

|image = P5210019 DxO copie.jpg

|caption = Former mirror factory

|image coat of arms = Blason Saint-Gobain.svg

|arrondissement = Laon

|canton = Tergnier

|INSEE = 02680

|postal code = 02410

|mayor = Frédéric Mathieu{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère

|coordinates = {{coord|49.5967|3.3759|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 200

|elevation min m = 53

|elevation max m = 207

|area km2 = 29.73

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Saint-Gobain ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ ɡɔbɛ̃}}) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/02680-saint-gobain Commune de Saint-Gobain (02680)], INSEE

In 1692, a glass factory was built at the village of Saint-Gobain, giving its name to the Saint-Gobain company.[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Compagnie-de-SaintGobain-Company-History.html Compagnie de Saint-Gobain]

Toponymy

The settlement, attested as Sanctus Gobanus in 1131, is named after the Irish monk Saint Gobain. Gobanus is a Latinized form of the Celtic personal name Gobanos, meaning 'smith'.{{Sfn|Delamarre|2003|p=182}}

Population

{{Historical populations

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|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|32196|Saint-Gobain}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-02680#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |2023

|1800 |2013

|1806 |2119

|1821 |2339

|1831 |2338

|1836 |2378

|1841 |2256

|1846 |2186

|1851 |2210

|1856 |2374

|1861 |2261

|1866 |2190

|1872 |2133

|1876 |2193

|1881 |2120

|1886 |2219

|1891 |2346

|1896 |2147

|1901 |2317

|1906 |2268

|1911 |2305

|1921 |1586

|1926 |2196

|1931 |1976

|1936 |1909

|1946 |2217

|1954 |2535

|1962 |2994

|1968 |2893

|1975 |2657

|1982 |2278

|1990 |2321

|1999 |2340

|2007 |2348

|2012 |2300

|2017 |2282

}}

See also

References

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=Bibliography=

  • {{Cite book|last=Delamarre|first=Xavier|title=Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental|publisher=Errance|year=2003|isbn=9782877723695|author-link=Xavier Delamarre}}

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