Le Meux

Le Meux
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Compiègne
Canton	Compiègne-2
Community association	Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne
Coordinates	49 ° 22 ′ N , 2 ° 45 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ N , 2 ° 45 ′ E
height	30-122 m
surface	7.8 km 2
Residents	2,270 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	291 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	60880
INSEE code	60402
Website	http://www.lemeux.fr/
	; Le Meux Town Hall

Le Meux is a French commune with 2,270 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Compiègne and the canton Compiègne-2 (until 2015: canton Compiègne-Sud-Ouest ).

geography

View of Le Meux

Le Meux is located about eight kilometers southwest of Compiègne on the Oise . Le Meux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Jonquières in the north, Jaux in the northeast, Armancourt in the east, Lacroix-Saint-Ouen in the southeast, Rivecourt in the south and Longueil-Sainte-Marie in the west.

The place was mentioned in 1156 as an elm .

In 1429 the former castle was razed.

Saint-Martin church, built in the early 17th century (probably 1612)
Le Meux Castle, built in 1637, rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries, monument historique since 1977

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