Harly

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This article is about the French commune. For the hill range in Germany also known as the 'Harly', see Harly Forest.

Harly
Harly
Location within Picardy region Harly
Coordinates: 49°50′35″N 3°19′19″E / 49.8431°N 3.3219°E / 49.8431; 3.3219Coordinates: 49°50′35″N 3°19′19″E / 49.8431°N 3.3219°E / 49.8431; 3.3219
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Saint-Quentin-Sud
Intercommunality	Saint-Quentin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Destombes
Area
• Land¹	3.76 km² (1.45 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Population²	1,756
• Population² Density	470/km² (1,200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02371 / 02100
Elevation	72–112 m (236–367 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Harly is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.

Geography

The commune is located in the valley of the Homblières, it is bathed by the Somme and its marshes and Streaming of Harly.

Latin name: Harcliacum
Carved flints were found in the town.
Village of former Vermandois, the stewardship of Amiens, baillages and election of Saint-Quentin, Diocese of Noyon.

By the end of the tenth century, 943, mention is made of super Harli Harly Somenam fluvium in the relationship miracles relics of Saint Quentin.

In the 17th century, Harly, possession of the Chapter of St. Quentin at the outset, is Seigneurerie de l'Abbaye de Vermand.

The municipality had a bunker that belonged to the Hindenburg Line (WWI).

List of successive mayors :

Lords of the town (Source Genealogy Aisne)

Communes of the Aisne department

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