Hirson

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Commune of Hirson Image:Hirson.jpg The Oise River in Hirson
Location
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Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Vervins
Canton	Hirson (chief town)
Mayor	Jean-Jacques Thomas
Statistics
Land area¹	33.77 km²
Population² (1999)	10,775
- Density	319.07/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	02381/ 02500
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Hirson is a commune in the Aisne département in northern France. It is a few miles south of the border with Belgium, and was in the past an important strategic position due to being near the intersection of several railway lines.

As of 1911, there was a permanent fort and two artillery batteries near the railway junction. Also at that time, the town was engaged in the manufacture of glass bottles, tiles and iron and tin goods, as well as wool-spinning and brewing.

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