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Martigny-Courpierre (French pronunciation: [maʁtiɲi kuʁpjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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

Pancy-Courtecon is a commune in the Aisne department and Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

The lac de l'Ailette, or lac d'Ailette, is an artificial lake in the Aisne department in northern France.

Colligis-Crandelain is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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

Neuville-sur-Ailette (French pronunciation: [nøvil syʁ ɛlɛt]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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

Cerny-en-Laonnois is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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

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

In France, the Chemin des Dames ([ʃə.mɛ̃ de dam]; literally, the "ladies' path") is part of the route départementale (local road) D18 and runs east and west in the Aisne department, between in the west, the Route Nationale 2 (Laon to Soissons), and in the east, the D1044 at Corbeny. It is some 30 kilometres (19 mi) long and runs along a ridge between the valleys of the rivers Aisne and Ailette. It acquired the name in the 18th century, as it was the route taken by the two daughters of Louis XV, Adélaïde and Victoire, who were known as Ladies of France. At the time, it was scarcely a carriage road, but it was the most direct route between Paris and the Château de Boves, near Vauclair, on the far side of the Ailette. The château belonged to Françoise de Châlus, former mistress of Louis XV, Countess of Narbonne-Lara and former lady of honour to Adélaïde, whom the two ladies visited frequently. To make the way easier, the count had the road surfaced, and it gained its new name. The ridge's strategic importance first became evident in 1814 when Napoleon's young recruits defeated an army of Prussians and Russians at the Battle of Craonne.