Montgobert

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Montgobert
Montgobert (France)
Montgobert
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Villers-Cotterêts
Community association Communauté de communes Retz en Valois
Coordinates 49 ° 18 '  N , 3 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '  N , 3 ° 9'  E
height 70-162 m
surface 11.18 km 2
Residents 193 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02600
INSEE code 02506

Mairie

Montgobert is a commune of 193 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France (former Region: Picardie ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Soissons and is part of the canton of Villers-Cotterêts and the community association Communauté de communes Retz en Valois . The municipality is the bearer of the Croix de guerre 1914-1918.

geography

The municipality with the hamlet of Le Château on the Ru de Retz stream, located just under 10 km north-northeast of Villers-Cotterêts , is located on the northern edge of the Forêt de Retz domain forest west of Route nationale 2 , which connects Soissons with Villers-Cotterêts, but there is also a wooded area east of the National road to the Savières river to the municipality, the area of ​​which is largely in the Forêt de Retz. Neighboring communities are Cœuvres-et-Valsery in the north, Saint-Pierre-Aigle and Longpont in the east, Corcy in the south and Fleury , Puiseux-en-Retz and Soucy in the west.

The village

history

In 1162 the place is called Mons Gunberti. In the Middle Ages and the early modern period, Montgobert was the seat of a seigneurie (feudal lordship), whose permanent house was demolished in 1762 and replaced by the still existing summer residence . Around 1821 this came to the "iron marshal" Louis-Nicolas Davout , the prince of Eckmühl, and subsequently to the family of the dukes of Albufera, to whom it still belongs. During the First World War , Montgobert was initially behind the front, but was evacuated on June 1, 1918 due to the advance of the German troops and was then a combat area and suffered considerable damage, which was repaired from 1919 to 1932.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2011 2015
Residents 171 155 184 197 194 185 204 195
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Sulpice church from the second half of the 12th century, renovated in the 16th century
  • Montgobert Castle from the 18th century, classified as a Monument historique in 1978
  • War memorial (Monument aux morts)
  • Memorial to the Governor General of French West Africa, Joost van Vollenhoven, who fell in Montgobert on June 20, 1918 in the forest near Les Têtes de Chavigny
  • Mausoleum for General Charles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc in the palace gardens
  • The community wash house from 1873, restored in 2013

  • Saint-Sulpice church

  • Montgobert Castle

  • The interior of the washhouse

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saint-Sulpice Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ^ Castle Montgobert in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Montgobert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files