Songeons

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Songeons
Coat of arms of the Songeons
Songeons (France)
Songeons
region Hauts-de-France
Department Oise
Arrondissement Beauvais
Canton Grandvilliers
Community association Picardy Verte
Coordinates 49 ° 33 '  N , 1 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '  N , 1 ° 51'  E
height 107-193 m
surface 13.53 km 2
Residents 1,073 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 79 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 60380
INSEE code 60623

The old Mairie from 1819

Songeons is a French commune with 1,073 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Beauvais , is part of the Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte and was the capital of the canton of Songeons until 2015 , since then it has belonged to the canton of Grandvilliers .

geography

Historic photo taken around 1910 with the railway line

The municipality in the Picardy part of the Pays de Bray is located on Thérain , the course of which is accompanied by the D133 département road, around 22 km northwest of Beauvais , below the domain forest Caumont, which is in the territory of the neighboring municipality of Gerberoy , which is also part of the south of the The district of Le Pommier Mal Soin located in Thérain. The hamlets of Seronville and Riffin and the Limermont homestead in the north belong to the municipality. From 1894 to 1934 the community was served by the railway (meter railway line from Milly-sur-Thérain to Formerie ).

Toponymy and History

In 1149 the place was named under the name Songuins.

The fortress Château Gaillard secured the place. During the Hundred Years War in 1426, a battle took place between English troops from the Gournay garrison and the French partisans. Charles the Bold's troops later plundered the place. King Francis I approved the construction of a covered market, from which the market hall later developed. In the 19th century, Songeons became famous for the manufacture of glasses and optical lenses.

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
796 850 780 837 883 1076 1111 1089

administration

Mayor ( maire ) has been François Dumars since 1995.

Attractions

Eastern part of the Saint-Martin church
Market hall

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Songeons

  • The flint church of Saint-Martin, built in 1650, with two wooden reliquaries.
  • The castle, a brick building from 1720, is now used by a congregation of sisters.
  • The old Mairie from 1819 with a Corinthian portico, registered as a Monument historique in 1988.
  • The restored wash house Yaya.
  • The wooden market hall, registered as a monument historique in 1988.
  • Numerous houses typical of the Pays de Bray.

Personalities

  • René Pinon (1870–1958), historian and journalist, lived in Songeons for a long time and is buried here.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Épisodes de l'invasion anglaise. La guerre de partisans dans la Haute Normandie, 1424-1429; Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes. 1894, vol. 55, pp. 259-305.
  2. ↑ Ancienne mairie in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ^ Hall in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Songeons  - collection of images, videos and audio files