Pont-Sainte-Maxence
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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 | |
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 |
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
Personalities
- Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence (* in the twelfth century), Norman writer
- Marc Tiffeneau (1873–1945), chemist
- Marie-Paule Belle (* 1946), pianist, comedian
- Romane Bohringer (* 1973), actress
Community partnerships
- Auvelais , Belgium, since 1970
- Linguère , Senegal, since 1974
- Sulzbach (Taunus) , Germany, since 1982
- Grignasco , Italy, since 1992
- Felgueiras , Portugal, since 1993