Muret-et-Crouttes
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Aisne | |
| Arrondissement | Soissons | |
| Canton | Villers-Cotterêts | |
| Community association | Communauté de communes du Canton d'Oulchy-le-Château | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 17 ′ N , 3 ° 25 ′ E | |
| height | 76-151 m | |
| surface | 5.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 119 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 02210 | |
| INSEE code | 02533 | |
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Muret-et-Crouttes is a commune with 119 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 .
geography
The municipality on the little river Crise , which flows into the Aisne , consists of the two eponymous districts and Moulin de Muret , is located around twelve kilometers (road distance) south-southeast of Soissons and 34 kilometers north of Château-Thierry . Neighboring municipalities are Nampteuil-sous-Muret in the north, Maast-et-Violaine in the east, Arcy-Sainte-Restitue in the south-east, Launoy in the south and Droizy in the south-west and west, and Chacrise in the north-west.
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Toponymy and History
The combined place name should mean “small wall” and be derived from the Latin “crypta” (cave). A settlement from the La Tène period was excavated in the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2015 |
| Residents | 144 | 139 | 93 | 60 | 88 | 100 | 135 | 128 |
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Attractions
- Ruins of the castle.
- The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste from the 12th and 16th centuries, registered as a Monument historique in 1927 ( Base Mérimée PA00115836).
