Villeret, Aisne

Villeret
Villeret
Location within Picardy region Villeret
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Le Catelet
Intercommunality	Pays du Vermandois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Marie
Area1	3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	312
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02808 / 02420
Elevation	97–147 m (318–482 ft) (avg. 138 m or 453 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	413	—
1968	390	−5.6%
1975	323	−17.2%
1982	291	−9.9%
1990	293	+0.7%
1999	311	+6.1%
2008	314	+1.0%
2012	312	−0.6%

History

During the first World War, Villeret was under German occupation. Citizens of Villeret secretly sheltered a group of British soldiers who had become detached from their units in September 1914. Four of the men were discovered by the Germans and executed in 1916. This story was the subject of the 2011 book "The Englishman's Daughter / A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I" by Ben Macintyre. The early chapters of the book contain information on the history of Villeret.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

• INSEE

External links

• View of Villeret on Wikimapia