Lachapelle-aux-Pots

Lachapelle-aux-Pots
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Beauvais
Canton	Beauvais-2
Community association	Pays de Beay
Coordinates	49 ° 27 ' N , 1 ° 54' E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ' N , 1 ° 54' E
height	77-176 m
surface	9.85 km 2
Residents	1,620 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	164 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	60650
INSEE code	60333
Website	http://www.mairie-lachapelleauxpots-oise.org/
	; War memorial in front of the church

Lachapelle-aux-Pots is a French commune with 1,620 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Beauvais and is part of the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bray and des Beauvais-2 .

geography

The municipality is located on the edge of the Pays de Bray landscape north of the Avelon river on its small tributary Ru d'Evaux . The municipality includes the hamlets of La Rutoire, Armentières, Héricourt, La Crapaudière, La Croix Rouge, Le Bosquet and Lhuyère, far to the east. The railway line from Goincourt to Gournay-Ferrières, which ran through the south of the municipality, has been closed (tourist traffic has ceased since 1939).

economy

The pottery has a long tradition in the municipality, as in other parts of the Pays de Bray. The pottery museum (Musée de la Poterie) is evidence of this.