Like the majority of other départements of the Paris Basin, which politically stood with the moderates, the département of Aisne seemed to display signs of a region ready to accept the anti-Montagnard insurrection in June 1793. Nonetheless, Aisne maintained its allegiance to the new power which had been put in place by the Parisian activist sectionnaires. However surprising, this stance should not be taken to imply political apathy on the part of this rural département, and still less does it indicate an absence of initiatives in favor of the insurrection. On the contrary, the failure of the insurgents could be explained by the territorial diversity of politicization. While in some areas social conflict was rife, like in the city of Saint-Quentin–the epicenter of the rebellion–in other areas political antagonism was fierce between a town and the surrounding countryside. Finally, the national political crisis of June 1793 offered an opportunity to contest the territorial and administrative hierarchies established in 1789 –€“ 90. It fueled urban rivalries and re-launched an original process of politicization, in which local and national stakes constantly interfered with one another. Rival local powers tried to outdo each other by making constant gestures of loyalty to the new central power. This in turn contributed to the failure of the insurrection. At the same time it weakened the rule of compromise put in place by the departmental administration in order to successfully exit the political crisis.