Mortefontaine (Oise)
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Oise | |
Arrondissement | Senlis | |
Canton | Senlis | |
Community association | Aire Cantilienne | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 7 ' N , 2 ° 36' E | |
height | 60–203 m | |
surface | 15.29 km 2 | |
Residents | 854 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 56 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 60128 | |
INSEE code | 60432 | |
Website | http://www.mortefontaine60.fr/ | |
Mortefontaine Town Hall (Mairie) |
Mortefontaine is a French municipality with 854 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . Mortefontaine belongs to the arrondissement of Senlis and the canton of Senlis (until 2015: Thourotte ). The inhabitants are called Mortefontainois .
geography
Mortefontaine is on the border with the Val-d'Oise department , at the foothills of the Chantilly forest . Mortefontaine is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Thiers-sur-Théve in the north and north-west, Fontaine-Chaalis in the north and north-east, Ver-sur-Launette in the east, Othis in the south-east, Moussy-le-Neuf in the south and Plailly in the west. Mortefontaine has an exclave southwest of the actual parish. It is surrounded by Plailly to the north, east and south and Saint-Witz to the west.
The former route nationale 322 (today's D922) runs through the municipality .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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524 | 545 | 534 | 590 | 734 | 701 | 844 | 838 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Mortefontaine (Oise)
- Saint-Barthélémy church from 1276, in its current form from the 16th century
- Monumental fountain, built around 1770, monument historique since 1946
- Mortefontaine Castle, built between 1600 and 1630, monument historique since 2004
- Vallière Castle, built in 1894, monument historique since 1975
- Tower ruins of Montmélian, built around 1205
- Rochefort Tower
Personalities
- Joseph Bonaparte (1768–1844), King of Naples (1806–1808) and of Spain (1808–1813), Lord of Mortefontaine