Erquery

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Erquery
Erquery coat of arms
Erquery (France)
Erquery
region Hauts-de-France
Department Oise
Arrondissement Clermont
Canton Clermont
Community association Clermontois
Coordinates 49 ° 25 '  N , 2 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '  N , 2 ° 27'  E
height 57-135 m
surface 5.91 km 2
Residents 607 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 103 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 60600
INSEE code 60215

Notre-Dame church

Erquery is a French municipality with 607 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Clermont and is part of the Communauté de communes du Clermontois and the canton of Clermont .

geography

The old quarry in the east of the municipality

Erquery is about six kilometers north-northeast of Clermont . The district of Villers belongs to the municipality. The brook Béronelle rises in it and flows off to the Brèche .

history

Since 1170 the parish had to pay a tenth to the Wariville priory in Litz . In 1711 the place was sold to James Fitz-James . From 1828 to 1833, the municipality was united with the neighboring municipality of Saint-Aubin-sous-Erquery . Viticulture on the exposed southern slopes of the place disappeared in the 19th century.

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
902 912 812 758 707 614 540 578

administration

The Mairie

Mayor ( maire ) has been Gilles Mouret since 2008.

Attractions

  • Church of Notre-Dame with a statue of the Virgin inventoried in Base Palissy (known as Vierge aux raisins, German Virgin with the grape)
  • War memorial
  • Two calvaires and a cross

Personalities

  • Séraphine Louis (1864–1942), naive painter, died in what was then the mental hospital in Villers.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/60/accueil_60215.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1= PM60003435

Web links

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