Crépy-en-Valois
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Senlis | |
| Canton | Crépy-en-Valois (main town) | |
| Community association | Pays de Valois | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 14 ' N , 2 ° 53' E | |
| height | 62-150 m | |
| surface | 16.28 km 2 | |
| Residents | 15,090 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 927 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 60800 | |
| INSEE code | 60176 | |
| Website | http://www.crepyenvalois.fr/ | |
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Crépy-en-Valois is a French municipality with 15,090 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . Crépy-en-Valois belongs to the Arrondissement Senlis , is the capital of the canton of the same name and a member of the Communauté de communes du Pays de Valois .
geography
Crépy-en-Valois is located 65 kilometers northeast of Paris , south of Compiègne and was the capital of the County of Valois . The city is 92 m above sea level.
history
The city, whose founding lies in the dark, was probably occupied by the Romans. In the 10th century it was fortified by the lords of Crépy; the remains of the fortifications are preserved in rue des taillandiers and rue Sainte-Agathe.
Saint-Arnoul Abbey was founded in 1008 under the Counts of Valois. Philip of Alsace and his wife Elisabeth founded a monastery in 1182, which they dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket . As a result, the city attracted many pilgrims. Even after Valois was annexed to France in 1213, the city continued to flourish as a result of the pilgrimage.
The city was devastated in the Hundred Years War . 1638 raised Gaston von Orleans again to an important administrative seat. She lost this function again in 1703. The city was bombed several times during the world wars.
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 7,379 | 8,660 | 10,920 | 12,228 | 13,222 | 14,436 | 13,839 |
Town twinning
Crépy-en-Valois is by twinning associated with Antoing in Belgium (since 1957) and cell (Mosel) in Rheinland-Pfalz.
Personalities
Born in Crépy:
- Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère (1714–1754), playwright and historian
- Maurice Levaillant (1883–1961), poet, Romance philologist and literary scholar
- Jean-Eudes Demaret (* 1984), cyclist and triathlete
Lived in Crépy:
- Pierre Brice (1929-2015), for 30 years until 2015 in the under Napoleon III. built hunting lodge Domaine des Moinets
