Saint-Paul (Oise)

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Saint-Paul
Coat of arms of Saint-Paul
Saint-Paul (France)
Saint-Paul
region Hauts-de-France
Department Oise
Arrondissement Beauvais
Canton Beauvais-2
Community association Beauvaisis
Coordinates 49 ° 26 '  N , 2 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '  N , 2 ° 0'  E
height 72-147 m
surface 9.52 km 2
Residents 1,531 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 161 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 60650
INSEE code 60591

Abbey and church

Saint-Paul is a French commune with 1,531 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Beauvais and is part of the Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis and des Beauvais-2 .

geography

Chain carousel in the amusement park

The municipality is located around six kilometers west of Beauvais, mainly on the left (north) bank of the Avelon , into which the Ru de Boyauval stream flows here. A section of the former Route nationale 31 and the disused railway line from Goincourt to Gournay-Ferrières run through the south of the municipality . Saint-Paul includes the hamlets of Boyauval, Sorcy, Malmaison, Le Champ de Taillis, Le Becquet, Le Ply and Les Rouges Eaux. The Parc Saint-Paul amusement park, opened in 1983, is located in the municipality .

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
562 633 849 1034 1206 1423 1526 1547

administration

Town Hall (Mairie)

Mayor ( maire ) has been Gérard Hédin since 1977.

Attractions

Pigeon house

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Paul (Oise)

  • Saint-Paul Abbey founded in the 6th century ( a Benedictine abbey from 1036 until the French Revolution , then a prison, barracks and tile factory); Of the complex, registered as Monument historique since 1933, the portal and ruins of the abbey church, the dovecote from 1699 and the "Hostellerie des Dames" are preserved
  • Parish Church of Saint-Paul
  • War memorial

Personalities

  • Saint Angadrême is considered the abbey's first abbess.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ruines de l'église abbatiale in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Maison dite l'Hôtellerie des Dames in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ↑ http://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/60/accueil_60591.htm

Web links

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