Montjavoult

Montjavoult
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Beauvais
Canton	Chaumont-en-Vexin
Community association	Vexin Thelle
Coordinates	49 ° 13 ' N , 1 ° 47' E Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ' N , 1 ° 47' E
height	71-207 m
surface	16.73 km 2
Residents	483 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	60240
INSEE code	60420
Website	http://www.montjavoult.fr/
	; The Saint-Martin church

Montjavoult is a French municipality with 483 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 Vexin Thelle and the canton of Chaumont-en-Vexin .

geography

The municipality is located around nine km southwest of Chaumont-en-Vexin on the border with the Val-d'Oise department on the D6 departmental road. The districts of Hérouval (near which the 6.3 km long Ruisseau d'Hérouval stream originates), Beaugrenier, Le Marais, Le Vouast, Le Bout du Bois and Valécourt (where the approximately ten km long Cudron originates) belong to Montjavoult .

history

Stone tools have been found from the Neolithic period . In texts from the 9th century, the place is referred to as mons jocundiacus. The rule of the Abbey of Saint-Denis lasted until the middle of the 17th century. In 1788 Montagny-en-Vexin was separated from Montjavoult. Protestantism flourished in the middle of the 19th century.

Residents

Development of the population
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
366	313	292	324	449	465	496	475

administration

The Mairie

Mayor ( maire ) has been Pierre Corade since 2012.

Attractions

Gothic cross

The Gothic church of Saint-Martin, classified as a Monument historique since 1913 , belonging to the Abbey of Saint-Denis in 882 , with a Renaissance portal .
Gothic cross in front of the church
Wash house in Valécourt

Personalities

The painter Dado ( Miodrag Djuric ) owned the mill in Hérouval in the 1960s.

Montjavoult in the film

The wedding scene at the beginning of the film The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob was filmed in Montjavoult.

Individual evidence

↑ http://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/60/accueil_60420.htm
↑ Eglise in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Montjavoult - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] ttp://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/60/accueil_60420.htm

[2] Eglise in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)