Chauny
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Chauny is a small town located in the Aisne department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It represents one of many local communes that make up the administrative divisions of France.
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- Locality
- Chauny
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 13,176
- Timezone
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Chauny () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
==History== There has been a settlement on the site, more or less continuously, since at least the Carolingian era. Known variously as Calgny, Cauny, Canni, Calni or as Chaulni. In Latin, contemporary chroniclers and historians such as Flodoard, Guibert de Noyon/Nogent used at least 13 different names when referring to it; such as Calnacum, Calniacum, Cauniacum, Calviniacum and Channiacum.