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Plomion
Plomion
Commune
	The church of Plomion
	Location of Plomion
	Plomion Plomion
	Coordinates: 49°48′31″N 4°01′08″E / 49.8086°N 4.0189°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Vervins
Canton	Vervins
Intercommunality	Thiérache du Centre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Blary
Area 1	16.39 km2 (6.33 sq mi)
Population (2022)	454
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02608 /02140
Elevation	132–226 m (433–741 ft) ; (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plomion (French pronunciation: [plɔmjɔ̃]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

History

Plomion was the site of a massacre by retreating German forces on the evening of August 31, 1944 as the American army approached pushing toward the Belgian border. Sixty German Waffen SS members who had been quartered in the village for six days, murdered fourteen men rounded-up at random and shot them with machine guns after lining them up in a meadow prior to retreating. Five men from a single family were dragged from their home during supper. The ages of the victims ranged from 70 to 17. After murdering the men, they set part of the town on fire. American troops arrived the following morning and their early arrival was credited by residents with preventing further murders.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	681	—
1975	630	−1.11%
1982	511	−2.95%
1990	527	+0.39%
1999	518	−0.19%
2009	482	−0.72%
2014	445	−1.58%
2020	468	+0.84%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Sport

Plomion has been host to the French Sidecarcross Grand Prix in the past^[5] and hosted it again in 2010, on 2 May.^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ Denny, Harold (2 September 1944). "Germans Kill 14, Burn 37 Houses As They Flee Before Americans". New York Times (published 3 September 1944). p. 3. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ VENUES USED IN GP 1971-2005 The John Davy Pages, accessed: 2 November 2009
^ FIM Sidecarcross World Championship - 2010 Calendar Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 30 October 2009

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.

[popref2022-2] "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

[3] Denny, Harold (2 September 1944). "Germans Kill 14, Burn 37 Houses As They Flee Before Americans". New York Times (published 3 September 1944). p. 3. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[5] VENUES USED IN GP 1971-2005 The John Davy Pages, accessed: 2 November 2009

[6] FIM Sidecarcross World Championship - 2010 Calendar Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 30 October 2009

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