Grandvilliers (Oise)

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Grandvilliers
Grandvilliers Coat of Arms
Grandvilliers (France)
Grandvilliers
region Hauts-de-France
Department Oise
Arrondissement Beauvais
Canton Grandvilliers (main town)
Community association Picardy Verte
Coordinates 49 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 57 ′  E
height 177-204 m
surface 6.64 km 2
Residents 2,940 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 443 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 60210
INSEE code
Website http://www.grandvilliers.fr

Saint-Gilles Church

Grand Villiers is a French commune with 2,940 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Beauvais and is the capital of the canton of Grandvilliers .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009
Residents 2118 2350 2661 2690 2761 2895 3055

Attractions

Personalities

  • Étienne-Nicolas de Calon (1726–1807), general, born in Grandvilliers
  • François Louis Suleau (1757–1792), journalist and lawyer, born in Grandvilliers
  • Antoine Delamarre (1765–1824), deputy, died in Grandvilliers
  • Gaston Heuet (1892–1979), long distance runner, died in Grandvilliers.

Town twinning

literature

  • Louis Graves: Cantons de Formerie, Granvilliers et Marseille-en-Beauvaisis [Précis statistique sur le canton de Grandvilliers] , Volume 3 (1840, reprint 1991), ISBN 2877606074 , with map
  • Ludovic Wargnier: Histoire générale du canton de Grandvilliers, Le livre d'Histoire-Lorisse , 1874 (reprint: ISBN 2-87760-174-9 )
  • Abbé L. Meister: Epigraphie du Canton de Grandvilliers. Inscriptions antérieures au XIXe siècle , 1905

Web links

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