Saint-Just-en-Chaussée
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Oise | |
Arrondissement | Clermont | |
Canton | Saint-Just-en-Chaussée (main town) | |
Community association | Picard plateau | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 30 ′ N , 2 ° 26 ′ E | |
height | 86-172 m | |
surface | 14.66 km 2 | |
Residents | 6,013 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 410 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 60130 | |
INSEE code | 60581 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-saintjustenchaussee.fr/ | |
![]() Saint-Just Church |
Saint-Just-en-Chaussee is a French municipality with 6013 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is part of the Arrondissement Arrondissement Clermont and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Saint-Just-en-Chaussée .
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée is part of the Communauté de communes du Plateau Picard .
geography
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Quinquempoix in the north, Plainval in the northeast, Ravenel in the east, Angivillers and Lieuvillers in the southeast, Valescourt in the south, Nourard-le-Franc in the west and Catillon-Fumechon in the northwest.
The Saint-Just-en-Chaussée train station is on the Paris – Lille line . The former Route nationale 38 and 329 run through the village .
history
Legend has it that Saint Justus de Beauvais was beheaded here (or in Amiens ) in 287 when he was ten years old because of his beliefs by a Roman. His relics can be found all over Europe (also several times). In 1119 the abbey was founded by the bishops of Beauvais, who had one of their residences here between the 12th and 14th centuries. In 1347 the bishops' château was razed.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
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3,575 | 3,722 | 4.063 | 4,257 | 4,927 | 5,498 | 5,516 | 5,657 | |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Just church from the 19th century in neo-Gothic style built on the foundations of earlier church buildings, u. a. the church burned down by the Spanish in 1636
- Town hall from the 19th century
Personalities
- René-Just Haüy (1743–1822), mineralogist, brother of Valentin Haüy
- Valentin Haüy (1745–1822), founder of the first school for the blind, which Louis Braille also attended, brother of Rene-Just Haüy
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture