La Ferté-Milon

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La Ferté-Milon
Coat of arms of La Ferté-Milon
La Ferté-Milon (France)
La Ferté-Milon
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Villers-Cotterêts
Community association Retz en Valois
Coordinates 49 ° 11 '  N , 3 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '  N , 3 ° 7'  E
height 62–156 m
surface 18.35 km 2
Residents 2,085 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 114 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02460
INSEE code 02307

Mairie

La Ferte-Milon is a French commune with 2,085 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Soissons and the canton of Villers-Cotterêts .

geography

The municipality is located on the banks of the canalized Ourcq River , 70 kilometers northeast of Paris and 30 kilometers southwest of Soissons . The municipality of La Ferté-Milon borders the Oise department to the west and south .

history

La Ferté-Milon belonged to the Arrondissement of Château-Thierry until 1926 , then to the Arrondissement of Soissons until 1942 . The reorganization of 1926 was reversed in 1942. In 1960 the place Saint-Quentin-sur-Allan was incorporated.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 1680 1629 1695 1948 2208 2109 2300 2085

Attractions

  • Ruins of the castle, which Louis de Valois, duc d'Orléans commissioned, but which was not completed. Henry IV had the fortifications torn down. The castle facade measures 200 meters in length and is 38 meters high ( Monument historique ).
  • Ruin de Church of Saint-Vaast, Monument historique
  • Notre-Dame Church, Monument historique
  • Saint-Quentin Church
  • Saint-Nicolas church, monument historique
  • Small iron bridge by Gustave Eiffel at the east end of the small park between the Ourcq river and the Canal de l'Ourcq
  • Jean Racine statue (copy, original in the city museum), created by the sculptor Pierre Jean David d'Angers , Monument historique
Facade of the castle
Notre-Dame church
Saint-Nicolas church
Jean Racine statue

Personalities

  • Jean Racine (1639–1699), one of the most important French poets, was born in La Ferté in 1639
  • Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695), married Marie Héricart in La Ferté-Milon in 1647

literature

  • Catalog du Musée Jean Racine de La Ferté-Milon (1999).
  • Médéric Lecomte, Histoire de La Ferté-Milon , La Ferté-Milon, librairie Coutelas, 1866.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Castle ruins in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Saint-Vaast Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ↑ Notre-Dame Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ Saint-Nicolas Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Jean Racine statue in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : La Ferté-Milon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files