Tergnier
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Tergnier
|commune status = Commune
|image = Tergnier (hôtel-de-ville) 1894.jpg
|caption = Town hall
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Tergnier (Aisne).svg
|arrondissement = Laon
|canton = Tergnier
|INSEE = 02738
|postal code = 02700
|party = PCF
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère
|coordinates = {{coord|49.6564|3.2883|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 53
|elevation min m = 44
|elevation max m = 90
|area km2 = 17.98
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Tergnier ({{IPA|fr|tɛʁɲe}}) is a commune in the department of Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. Its location on the Canal de Saint-Quentin and the Creil–Jeumont railway (Tergnier station) supported its development as an industrial centre in the second half of the 19th century.
Politics and administration
The commune of Tergnier absorbed the former communes of Fargniers and Vouël in 1974,[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000021309 Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)], Journal officiel de la République française n° 0301, 27 December 1973, p. 13838. and Quessy in 1992.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000161768 Arrêté du 5 novembre 1991 portant modification aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)], Journal officiel de la République française n° 23, 28 January 1992. Since the 2020 municipal elections, Michel Carreau has been the mayor of Tergnier.
Tergnier is twinned with the municipality of Wolfhagen (Germany) since 17 May 1981.{{Cite web|title=Partnerstädte: Tergnier und Ohrdruf|url=https://www.wolfhagen.de/mein-wolfhagen/verwaltung-und-politik/partnerstaedte.php|access-date=22 April 2021|website=wolfhagen.de}}
Population
The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Tergnier proper, in its geography at the given years, i.e. excluding former communes that were absorbed at a later date.
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|37227|Tergnier}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-02738#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |222
|1800 |249
|1806 |263
|1821 |223
|1831 |269
|1836 |258
|1841 |276
|1846 |273
|1851 |304
|1856 |862
|1861 |1235
|1866 |1806
|1872 |2572
|1876 |3079
|1881 |3536
|1886 |3708
|1891 |3740
|1896 |3960
|1901 |4084
|1906 |4307
|1911 |4898
|1921 |2076
|1926 |3453
|1931 |4080
|1936 |4357
|1946 |3370
|1954 |5002
|1962 |5827
|1968 |5949
|1975 |11736
|1982 |12032
|1990 |11698
|1999 |15069
|2007 |14722
|2012 |14110
|2017 |13456
}}
See also
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