Saint-Jean-aux-Bois (Oise)

Saint-Jean-aux-Bois
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Compiègne
Canton	Compiègne-2
Community association	Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne
Coordinates	49 ° 21 ' N , 2 ° 54' E Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ' N , 2 ° 54' E
height	38-138 m
surface	16.5 km 2
Residents	315 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	60350
INSEE code	60579
	; Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Jean-aux-Bois

Saint-Jean-aux-Bois is a northern French municipality with 315 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Compiègne and the canton Compiègne-2 (until 2015: canton Compiègne-Sud-Est ). The inhabitants are called Les Solitaires (during the French Revolution the village was called La Solitude ).

geography

Saint-Jean-aux-Bois is located about seven kilometers southeast of Compiègne in the middle of the Compiègne forest . Saint-Jean-aux-Bois is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Compiègne in the north and north-west, Vieux-Moulin in the north-east, Pierrefonds in the east, Morienval in the south, Orrouy in the south and south-west, Saint-Sauveur in the west and south-west and Lacroix-Saint- Ouen to the west.