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Delimitation points à Coincy dans l'Aisne

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Delimitation points

    8 Rue du Dauphin
    02210 Coincy
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Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1770
Terminal erection
18 octobre 2004
MH classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The 42 delineation terminals dated from 1770 located at their original location along the communal boundaries of the village and the border of the White Lady; the 43 terminals were each engraved according to a number which identifies them, except the last; they define the territory of the municipality of Coincy, each being set up half or one third on the edge of the parcels of the municipality of Coincy and half on the boundary of the neighbouring communes of Coincy: pillar 2 (see ZK 60, commune of Coincy, delineating it with the municipality of Brécy); No. 3 ZK 92a, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); No. 11 ZA 18, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Armentières-sur-Ourcq); pillar 13 (Box ZA 4, municipality of Coincy, delineating it with the communes of Armentières-sur-Ourcq and Nanteuil-Notre-Dame); No. 15 (Box ZB 6, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Nanteuil-Notre-Dame); No. 16 (see para. ZB 16a, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Nanteuil-Notre-Dame) ; pillar 17 (Box ZB 18a, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Nanteuil-Notre-Dame); No. 19 (Box ZC 9, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Nanteuil-Notre-Dame); No. 20 (Box ZC 15, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Nanteuil-Notre-Dame); No. 21 (Box ZC 17, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the communes of Nanteuil-Notre-Dame and Bruyères-sur-Fère); Point 24 (Case A1-3, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Bruyères-sur-Fère); Point 25 (Case A1-3, Coincy commune, delimiting it with the municipality of Bruyères-sur-Fère); No. 26 A1 717, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); No. 27 (see para. A1 717, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Note No. 28 A1 717, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Terminal 29 (Box ZE 45a, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); No. 30 (Case E2 539, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Point 31 (Box E2 539, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); No 32 (Case E2 540, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Point 33 (Box F1 14, municipality of Coincy, delineating it with Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Point 34 (Box F1 21a, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Point 35 (Box F1 25a, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Terminal No. 36 (Box F1 25a, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Point 37 (Box F1 27 of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Point 38 (Case F1 74, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Villeneuve-sur-Fère); Point 39 (Case F1 76, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the communes of Villeneuve-sur-Fère and Beuvardes); Point 40 (Box F1 76, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Beuvardes); Point 42 (Box F1 1055a, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Beuvardes); Point 43 (Box F4 947, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Beuvardes); Point 45 (Case F3 804, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); Note No. 46 F3 1037, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); Reference No. 47 F3 1037, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); No 48 (see para. F3 1037, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); Point 49 (Case F3 812, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); Note No. 50 F3,812, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); Point 51 (Case F3 812, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); Point 52 (Box ZM 32, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); Point 53 (Box ZM 27, municipality of Coincy, delineating it with the municipality of Brécy); Point 55 (Case ZM 27, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); Point 56 (Box ZM 2, municipality of Coincy, delimiting it with the municipality of Brécy); the border of the Dame Blanche (Box F4 966, commune of Coincy, delimiting it with the commune of Beuvardes): inscription by order of 18 October 2004

Key figures

Information non disponible - No character named in the sources The texts cite Benedictine monks and neighboring lords without specifying identities.

Origin and history

Coincy's delineation pillars form a set of 42 sandstone pillars erected in the 3rd quarter of the 18th century, more precisely in 1770. Commanded by the Benedictine priory of Coincy, they were designed to clearly delimit the territory of the commune after repeated incursions by neighboring lords into the monastic lands. Each pillar, of parallelepipedic shape, bears a number (initially from 1 to 60) and the coat of arms of the priory: two crossed keys and a sword, symbols of Saint Peter. They are arranged on the basis of communal boundaries, numbered in the hourly direction from the east.

The 1770 initiative responded to a land dispute between Benedictines and the surrounding lords. Sixty terminals were initially installed, but only 42 remain today, distributed along the borders with neighbouring municipalities (Brécy, Armentières-sur-Ourcq, Nanteuil-Notre-Dame, etc.). These bounds also materialized the coexistence of two legal regimes: the franc-alleu (free lands, marked by the border of Queen Blanche in 1766) and the Benedictine domains. Their tracing later served as a basis for modern communal boundaries after the Revolution.

Ranked as historical monuments in 2004 with the Queen White's pillar, these pillars reflect the pre-revolutionary territorial organization and local ecclesiastical authority. Their preservation illustrates the symbolic and practical importance of border markings in the Old Regime, where land disputes were frequent. The engraved coat of arms recall the spiritual and temporal power of the priory, while their geographical distribution reflects the historical tensions between Coincy and its neighbours.

Today, these terminals remain in situ, at their original location, although some have disappeared. Their listing in the inventory of historical monuments highlights their heritage value, both as material objects (sculpted sandstones) and as tangible traces of the conflicts and territorial agreements of the eighteenth century. Their study sheds light on medieval and modern bordering methods, as well as the evolution of administrative boundaries in Picardia.

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