Luchy
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Beauvais | |
| Canton | Saint-Just-en-Chaussée | |
| Community association | Beauvaisis | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 33 ' N , 2 ° 7' E | |
| height | 134-174 m | |
| surface | 10.79 km 2 | |
| Residents | 642 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 59 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 60360 | |
| INSEE code | 60372 | |
 Church and war memorial |
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Luchy is a French municipality with 642 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 d'agglomération du Beauvaisis and the canton of Saint-Just-en-Chaussée .
geography
The agricultural community is located on the plateau of the Picard plateau around 7.5 kilometers south-southeast of Crèvecœur-le-Grand and 10.5 kilometers west of Froissy . It includes the hamlet of Rougemaison in the southwest .
history
The village, which belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Lucien in Beauvais until the French Revolution , was named Luciacum in 869 . The present district of Rougemaison was set on fire in 1472 by the troops of Charles the Bold . In the 18th and 19th centuries the community lived mainly from linen weaving. In the 19th century there were three windmills and a brick factory.
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 264 | 252 | 264 | 360 | 448 | 488 | 538 | 584 |
Attractions
- Saint-Côme and Saint-Damien church from the 17th century on foundations from the 13th century
- War memorial
Personalities
- Fanny Dénoix des Vergnes (1798–1879), the “Muse of the Oise”, was born here.
