Pont-Sainte-Maxence

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Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Coat of arms of Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Pont-Sainte-Maxence (France)
Pont-Sainte-Maxence
region Hauts-de-France
Department Oise
Arrondissement Senlis
Canton Pont-Sainte-Maxence (main town)
Community association Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte
Coordinates 49 ° 18 '  N , 2 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '  N , 2 ° 36'  E
height 28-125 m
surface 14.76 km 2
Residents 12,209 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 827 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 60700
INSEE code 60509
Website http://www.pontsaintemaxence.fr/

Town hall of Pont-Sainte-Maxence

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Pont-Sainte-Maxence is a French municipality with 12,209 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Senlis and is the capital of the canton of Pont-Sainte-Maxence . The inhabitants are called Pontois or Maxipontains .

geography

The place is still in the Paris basin in the historic Valois region on the banks of the river Oise .

Pont-Sainte-Maxence is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Martin-Longueau and Les Ageux in the north, Bazicourt and Houdancourt in the northeast, Pontpoint in the east, Villers-Saint-Frambourg-Ognon with Villers-Saint-Frambourg in the southeast, Fleurines in the south , Verneuil-en-Halatte in the southwest, Beaurepaire and Brenouille in the west and Sacy-le-Grand , Cinqueux and Monceaux in the northeast.

history

The name of the place means on the one hand the bridge over the Oise, built in the early Middle Ages. Maxentia is the name of the daughter of a Scottish king Malcolm who died a martyr's death.

Population development

  • 1962: 7.261
  • 1968: 8,639
  • 1975: 9.359
  • 1982: 9,479
  • 1990: 10.934
  • 1999: 12,445
  • 2006: 12,128
  • 2011: 12,263

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Pont-Sainte-Maxence

  • Bridge over the Oise from 673
  • Church of Sainte-Maxence, built in the 16th century, monument historique since 1921
  • Saint-Lucien church in Sarron, built at the end of the 11th century, monument historique since 1951
  • Neolithic remains of settlements and graves in the Oise Valley, designated as Monument historique 1998
  • Castle of Villette, built in 1903
  • Mill gate
  • Mello castle ruins from the 13th century
  • Mill from 1694
  • Pierre-Aucher Cross
Mill gate

Personalities

Community partnerships

Web links

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