Laon
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Laon | |
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 View frae the lawer ceety, wi the cathedral in the backgrund | |
.svg) Coat airms | |
  Laon Location within Hauts-de-France region  Laon | |
| Coordinates: 49°33′50″N 3°37′28″E / 49.5639°N 3.6244°ECoordinates: 49°33′50″N 3°37′28″E / 49.5639°N 3.6244°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Depairtment | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Laon |
| Intercommunality | Laon |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Antoine Lefèvre |
| Area 1 | 42.00 km2 (16.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 26,175 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02408 /02000 |
| Elevation | 63–183 m (207–600 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft) |
| Website | www.laon.fr |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Laon (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃]) is the caipital ceety o the Aisne depairtment in Picardy in northren Fraunce.