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Berzy-le-Sec (French pronunciation: [bɛʁzi lə sɛk]) is a former commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of Bernoy-le-Château.

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

Noyant-et-Aconin (French pronunciation: [nwajɑ̃ e akɔnɛ̃]) is a former commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of Bernoy-le-Château.During World War I, American politician-turned-soldier Roy Earl Parrish was killed here in 1918.

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

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

GrandSoissons Agglomération (before 2018: Communauté d’agglomération du Soissonnais) is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Soissons. It is located in the Aisne department, in the Hauts-de-France region, northern France. Created in 1999, its seat is in Cuffies. Its area is 181.0 km2. Its population was 52,764 in 2019, of which 28,712 in Soissons proper.

The canton of Soissons-2 (before 2015: Soissons-Sud) is an administrative division in northern France. It consists of the southern part of the town of Soissons and its southern suburbs. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 11 to 14 communes. Since the merger, on 1 January 2023, of Berzy-le-Sec and Noyant-et-Aconin into Bernoy-le-Château the canton has had 13 communes. Acy Belleu Bernoy-le-Château Billy-sur-Aisne Courmelles Mercin-et-Vaux Missy-aux-Bois Ploisy Septmonts Serches Sermoise Soissons (partly) Vauxbuin

The Abbey of St. Jean des Vignes was a monastery of Augustinian canons in Soissons, France, southwest of the city center. Only ruins remain, of which the west facade remains one of the more outstanding examples of architecture in the town. It is a listed historic monument.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin (Latin: Dioecesis Suessionensis, Laudunensis et Sanquintinensis; French: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims and corresponds, with the exception of two hamlets, to the entire Department of Aisne. The current bishop is Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin, appointed on 30 October 2015. In the Diocese of Soissons there is one priest for every 4,648 Catholics.

Soissons Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais) is a Gothic basilica church in Soissons, France. It is the seat of the Bishop of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin. The construction of the south transept was begun about 1177, and the lowest courses of the choir in 1182.

The Battle of Soissons was fought on 15 June 923 between an alliance of Frankish insurgent nobles led by Robert I, elected king in an assembly the year prior, and an army composed of Lotharingians, Normans, and Carolingian forces under King Charles III's command. The battle took place at Soissons, near Aisne. Robert was killed, but his army won the war. Charles was imprisoned by Herbert II of Vermandois and held captive until his death in 929. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy, Robert's son-in-law, succeeded him as ruler of West Francia.

The Battle of Soissons of 718 CE was the last of the great pitched battles of the civil war between the heirs of Pepin of Heristal. Since Pepin's death in December 714, his grandson and heir Theudoald, his widow Plectrude, his bastard son Charles Martel, his successor as mayor of the palace in Neustria Ragenfrid, and the new king Chilperic II had been waging a war for ascendancy. Though Ragenfrid and Chilperic had begun with successes and Plectrude and Theudoald were removed early, Martel turned the tide of war and eventually forced the surrender of all his opponents. After their defeat at the Battle of Vincy, Chilperic and Ragenfrid allied with Odo the Great, the independent duke of Aquitaine, and marched on Soissons. Unfortunately, Charles had anticipated this, and was awaiting them, with an ever better trained core of veterans, many of whom would serve him all their adult lives. That army easily defeated the allied forces of Odo, Chilperic, and Ragenfrid near Soissons. The king fled with his ducal ally to the land south of the Loire and Ragenfrid fled to Angers. Soon Odo made peace and surrendered Chilperic to Charles and Ragenfrid made peace too. The war was over and Charles was undisputed dux Francorum. Charles chose not to execute any of his enemies, indeed, his nephew would serve in his army, and was treated kindly. Nor was his grandmother Plectrude treated with anything but kindness. Finally, Charles allowed both the deposed king, Chilperic and his mayor, Ragenfrid to live. Norwich has commented that "either Charles Martel possessed a degree of decency and kindness to defeated foes unknown in that age, or his belief in himself was so great that he felt he could afford kindness as the ultimate show of strength in allowing them to live after their various plots and machinations against him."