Lachapelle-aux-Pots
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Oise | |
Arrondissement | Beauvais | |
Canton | Beauvais-2 | |
Community association | Pays de Beay | |
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.
Residents
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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1059 | 1061 | 1173 | 1190 | 1429 | 1540 | 1641 | 1595 |
administration
Mayor ( maire ) has been Nadège Lefebvre since 2008.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Lachapelle-aux-Pots
- Trinity Church
Personalities
- Auguste Viard (1836–1893), activist of the Paris Commune , born here.
- Tristan Klingsor (1874–1966), writer, composer and painter, born here.