Mortefontaine (Aisne)

Mortefontaine
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Soissons
Canton	Vic-sur-Aisne
Community association	Communauté de communes Retz en Valois
Coordinates	49 ° 20 ' N , 3 ° 5' E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ' N , 3 ° 5' E
height	64-162 m
surface	11.90 km 2
Residents	233 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	02600
INSEE code	02528
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Mortefontaine is a commune with 233 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 Soissons and is part of the canton Vic-sur-Aisne and the community association Communauté de communes Retz en Valois .

geography

The municipality on the Ruisseau de Vandy stream (Ru de Sainte-Clotilde), which flows into the Aisne , with the districts of Ferme du Pouy, La Raperie, Vaubéron and Roy Saint-Nicolas is located around 15 kilometers north of Villers-Cotterêts on the D94 departmental road. Neighboring municipalities are Montigny-Lengrain and Laversine in the north, Cœuvres-et-Valsery in the east, Vivières in the south, Taillefontaine , Retheuil and Chelles (in the Oise department ) in the west and Hautefontaine (also in the Oise department) in the northwest.

The Vaubéron homestead was founded by the Longpont Monastery , a Cistercian settlement . Mortefontaine itself is traced back to a Templar foundation .

Saint-Hilaire church from the 12th century, registered as a monument historique in 1927 .
War memorial (Monument aux morts)
Rue des Templiers with fortified houses
Pigeon houses at several homesteads

↑ Entry no. PA00115834 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

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