Noyon

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Noyon
Noyon Coat of Arms
Noyon (France)
Noyon
region Hauts-de-France
Department Oise
Arrondissement Compiègne
Canton Noyon ( chef-lieu )
Community association Pays Noyonnais
Coordinates 49 ° 35 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  E
height 36-153 m
surface 18.00 km 2
Residents 13,519 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 751 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 60400
INSEE code 60471
Website http://www.ville-noyon.fr/

Noyon , the Gallo-Roman Noviomagus Veromanduorum is a commune in the Oise and the main town of a canton in the region Hauts-de-France . It is located on the Oise , the Canal Latéral à l'Oise and the Canal du Nord , 24 kilometers north of Compiègne and about 100 kilometers north of Paris .

The municipality of Noyon is 1,800 hectares in size, is 52  m on average and has 13,519 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), of which around 40 percent are migrants.

history

  • In the Roman Empire the place was founded under the name Noviomagus; it was fortified with a city wall in late antiquity.
  • In 531 Noyon became the bishopric of Medardus .
  • In 721, the Frankish king Chilperich II died in Noyon and was buried there.
  • In 768 Charlemagne was crowned King of the Franks in Noyon .
  • In 891 the city was ravaged by the Normans.
  • On July 3, 987, Hugo Capet was crowned King of France in Noyon .
  • Around 1120, the knight Payen de Montdidier in Noyon was appointed the first provincial master for what was then Francia by Hugo von Payns , Grand Master of the Templar Order . Noyon was one of the first bases of the Knights Templar in what is now France.
  • The construction of the cathedral began around 1150 .
  • On July 10, 1509, John Calvin , the founder of Calvinism, was born in Noyon.
  • On August 13, 1516, Francis I of France and Spain's King Charles I , who later became Emperor Charles V, signed the Treaty of Noyon , in which France received Milan and gave up Naples .
  • In 1559, Noyon was awarded to France in the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis .
  • There were two battles at Noyon during the First World War
    • September 1914
    • In 1917 the German army shortened the front and evacuated the city.
    • In the spring of 1918, the city was conquered and retaken. Bombardments to cut off German supplies to the front led to considerable war damage.

politics

In the local elections in March 2014, the mayor candidate of the National Front party received 28.32 percent of the votes cast in the first ballot and 19.56% in the second ballot.

Town twinning

Attractions

Noyon Chapter Library

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Noyon

  • Notre-Dame Cathedral of Noyon : Gothic, with a mighty double tower facade from the 14th century
  • Cloister and chapter house of the associated monastery from the 13th century, and a library from the early 16th century
  • Musée Jean Calvin : the Calvin Museum is located in the house where the reformer was born, which was rebuilt between 1927 and 1930
  • Musée du Noyonnais : The municipal museum is located in the former Bishop's Palace, a building from the 16th and 17th centuries
  • Fontaine du Dauphin fountain : built in 1771
  • Hôtel de Ville: Town hall from 1485 to 1523

Personalities

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ official election results
  2. ↑ Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Donné, Alfred. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 322.