Abbécourt (French pronunciation: [abekuʁ]) is a commune in the Aisne department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
To the west, it is delimited by the Vigny stream; to the east, by the Ru de Pontoise, and to the south the Oise river.
Most of the commune's subsoil dates from the Upper Cretaceous, when the Paris basin was covered with seawater.
The climate survey is similar to that of Saint-Quentin, which is located 29.2 kilometres north in a straight line.
In 1265 a hogshead of wheat was levied annually on the mill and the lordship by the monks of the Abbey of Genlis.
In 1581, a land register of Abbécourt was drawn up by letters patent granted by the King and the Secretary of State.
During the Six Days' Campaign in 1814, the Prussian General Bülow's troops crossed the commune, pillaging the houses, to counter the offensive movements of Napoleon I.
Early in World War I, beginning on 1 September 1914, Abbécourt found itself once again occupied by German forces, who put in place a new municipal administrator and mayor.
Facing an advancing British army, the German forces destroyed the village on 19 March 1917 during their retreat toward the Hindenburg Line.
Following the war, through an order issued on 17 October 1920, the commune of Abbécourt received the Croix de Guerre.
Following the 2008 municipal elections, the Abbécourt council consisted of 11 councilors, including the mayor of the commune.
Abbécourt is part of the zone for children's courts of first and second instance of Laon with appeals referred to the tribunal of Amiens.
[8] Percentage distribution of age groups in Abbécourt and Aisne Department in 2017 Sources: INSEE[11][12] There is a public elementary school in the commune.
For medical care, there is no service in the commune but the proximity to the city of Chauny, which is 5.5 km from Abbécourt, allows Abbécourtois to consult specialists and doctors, and to go to the pharmacy.
This church at Abbécourt belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons, Laon and Saint Quentin which is a subdivision of the Archdiocese of Reims.