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Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Menneville Church is a monument located in the commune of Villeneuve-sur-Aisne, created on January 1, 2019 by the merger of the communes of Guignicourt and Menneville. This new commune, whose capital is Guignicourt, covers 2 503 hectares in the department of Aisne, in the Hauts-de-France region. The merger was decided by a prefectural decree of 29 November 2018, following a request by the municipal councils of the two municipalities in September 2018, in a context of a decrease in the state's financial transfers.

Villeneuve-sur-Aisne is served by road infrastructure (RD 925, RD 525, RD 62) and motorways (A26), as well as a TER station on the Reims-Laon line. The commune is crossed by Aisne, a navigable waterway thanks to the lateral canal built in 1841, linking the Oise to the Ardennes Canal. The local climate is of an altered oceanic type, with average annual temperatures around 10.5 °C and moderate precipitation.

The toponym Villeneuve evokes a medieval foundation, often linked to the valorisation of a fief by a lord. Although the term is more common in the south of France, it refers here to a town created near Aisne, a river that borders the commune to the south. The region, marked by rural history and activities related to agriculture and river routes, preserves traces of its past through monuments such as this church, symbol of local community and religious life.

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