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Benay

commune in Aisne, France
Place Commune Of France Q322116
Benay
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Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
commune of France
Official name
Benay[30]

Location

Country
France[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 49.759°, 3.305°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Aisne, canton of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne, arrondissement of Saint-Quentin[2][3][4]
Shares border with
Cerizy, Essigny-le-Grand, Hinacourt, Ly-Fontaine, Moÿ-de-l'Aisne, Urvillers, Vendeuil[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Population and size

Area
+6.81[36]
Elevation above sea level
94 (63–126, n=3)[33][34][35]
Female population
+112[31]
Male population
+92[32]
Population
191 (187–222, n=17)[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]

Codes

Postal code
02440[13]
More facts +5
Award received
Croix de guerre 1914–1918[1]
Associated electoral district
canton of Ribemont[37]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Aire d'attraction de Saint-Quentin[38]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Benay[28]
Phone number
+33-3-23-07-85-73[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Benay el Μπεναί fa بنای ja ベネー ru Бене zh 伯奈
🔖 Identifiers · 10
EHESS ID of a French commune
3651
FactGrid item ID
Rafael Frank
Freebase ID
/m/03m5gxb
GeoNames ID
6446476
Insee municipality code
02066
KnowWhereGraph entity ID
administrativeRegion.FRA.7.1.3.3.2_1
National Address Base ID
e8da967e-51c0-4493-a4fd-60372a8cbec8
OpenStreetMap relation ID
150375
Topic's main category
Category:Benay
Who's on First ID
101898751

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 7
Cerizy, Essigny-le-Grand, Urvillers, Hinacourt, Ly-Fontaine, Moÿ-de-l'Aisne, Vendeuil
← Shares border with 7
Cerizy, Essigny-le-Grand, Urvillers, Hinacourt, Ly-Fontaine, Moÿ-de-l'Aisne, Vendeuil
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Aisne, arrondissement of Saint-Quentin, canton of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Aisne, canton of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Ribemont
Award received 1
Croix de guerre 1914–1918
Country 1
France
Instance of 1
commune of France
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FAQs

What awards did Benay receive?

Honors received include Croix de guerre 1914–1918[1].

Related Entities

Cerizy France Ly-Fontaine Moÿ-de-l'Aisne Urvillers Vendeuil

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Population: 191, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 (details)"
  2. 14w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Elevation above sea level, Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×2). See requ…"
  3. 26w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → 6.81 square kilometre
    Instance of → commune of France
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Aisne, canton of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne, arrondissement of Saint-Quentin
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Aire d'attraction de Saint-Quentin
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30066"
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