Champagne-on-Oise

Administration

The common one belongs to the jurisdiction of authority, of great authority as well as trade of Pontoise.

Mayors of Champagne-on-Oise

Demography

In 2006, the annual inquiry of census of INSEE in the commune of Champagne-on-Oise gives a report on a population of 4404 inhabitants , that is to say an increase of 13,2% compared to 1999.

Communications and transport

The commune is crossed north in the south along Oise by the railway line two-track Paris parks North - Persan-Beaumont via Valmondois. This axis constitutes a joint base on this section with the transverse line Pontoise - Creil.

The commune is served by the Gare of Champagne-on-Oise, located on the communal territory. This station ensures only one passenger service of suburbs. The railway services are ensured by the Transilien of the SNCF, line H. Persan-Beaumont run times towards and Paris are respectively of 3 and 47 minutes in the non-stop trains fastest. However, few trains are direct, primarily with the rush hours, the majority of the ways requiring a change in Gare of Valmondois. It is also possible to borrow a non-stop train Paris - Persan-Beaumont (FOR THE THIRD TIME Picardy) then the Pontoise line - Creil for one run time sometimes slightly lower according to the correspondences.

Economy

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Monuments and places of visit

Notre Dame Church of the Assumption In spite of its modest proportions it is classified historic building as of 1862. Its bell-tower is one of most elegant French Vexin. Its oldest parts, the Transept and both absidioles date, of the end of the Romance time (12th century). At the 13th century, we owe the chorus, the Nef and the Clocher, which one can date from the years 1235 - 1240, (shortly after the construction of the Abbaye of Royaumont} to Pierre de Montreuil, architect of Saint-Louis At the end of the 15th century, the southern porch and the vault of transept crossing were remade as well as the stone triumphal arch “beam of glory” (one of the rare examples out of stone remaining in France) on the initiative of Louis de Villiers of Isle-Adam, bishop of Beauvais, which one sees the blazon carved in the plank of the north-western pile (destrochère with handles sown hermine} This blazon finds oneself in all the old possessions of Villiers: Isle-Adam, Villiers-Adam, Mériel, Villiers-the-Beautiful, etc The southern porch Renaissance was built at the 16th century by the brothers Lemercier architects of Pontoise. II a Virgin with the stone Child of the 14th century (classified Historic building} shelters. One can see with the bedside splendid a furnace bridge with monumental retable of the 17th century The bell-tower shelters a chime of five bells which shells at each hour of the day the first movement of the Ode to the joy “9th symphony” of Beethoven. One can see in the church a plank known as of the angels musicians (XIVe century) on a blazing decoration of a capital of the piles of the transept. The Baptismal font of XV-XVIe centuries are carved fish scales and flowers of lily. A Vierge with the child out of wood painted of the XVIIIe century is also visible inside the building.

Cross as a Pierre Classified historic building since, 1931, this cross of the 16th century, located close to the western square of the Church, was the martyrdom of the old cemetery of the village, this last was moved in 1863. At the time of consolidation work in 1970, one discovered, being used to him as foundation, various stones decorated, of which a capital of the end of XIIe or beginning of the 13th century probably coming from an old residence seigneuriale because we are in the district of the " Moustiers" old historic site of the village or, quite simply of the parts of the church former to the new construction of XIIlème and XIIIe century.

Hotel God There does not remain of this building, located at 26 rue des Martyrs, that part of a building of the 13th century, including two bays in visible gothic arch of the court of the residence. Old vault? Room of the patients? It seems that the 2nd version is most probable. At the origin, these buildings, were used as royal prison. After the transfer of this prison establishment to Beaumont, the buildings which was to have a certain importance were given to the nuns of Saint-Anthony Fields in 1270. Taking into consideration their vocation, one can suppose that they built a Hotel God because, made significant, one finds in the remaining part a beautiful frame of the 15th century presenting of the provisions similar to those much more famous, the Hotel God of Beaune and Thunder in Burgundy. These vestiges are protected under the historic buildings.

the old castle of Champagne known as “of Montigny” Construit on the hillside, it does not remain of this building of the 18th century, set fire to by the Germans at the time of their rout in 1944, that the house of the guard and the splendid park of which a part, with artificial pond and of secular plane trees, was repurchased by the commune in 1971 to make a municipal park of it. A work of iron work of the 18th century, the grid of entry, “places of Montigny”, could be saved and gone up. It was the property of the General Juvenal Corbineau, Maire of Champagne of 1776 with 1848. This man, emblematic figure of the Napoléonienne epopee illustrated himself within the Large army at the time of disastrous the Retraite of Russia, by discovering the ford of Studianka on the Bérézina thus allowing to save the vestiges of the army of the Emperor. To see along the western wall external of the church, the steles of the burials of the General and his wife as well as the house of the guard of the castle of the end of the XVIIIe century on the place.

Residence of the 17th century, known as it Turn-of-Lay, the hamlet of Be worth This beautiful house of traditional style has a central body going back to 1754, it is flanked of two short wings which were added to the 19th century. The commun runs were built in 1849. The majestic grid of entry dates from the 18th century. It had gone up by the father of the painter Champenois, Robert Lepeltier. This small authentic architectural whole of great quality should not make forget the whole of the old houses of the hamlet to simple but harmonious, typical architecture of rural constructions of Vexin. Much of enters it have beautiful arched cellars going up sometimes at the time medieval. Among the remarkable houses of the commune one can also quote the old house of the painter Auguste Boulard, street Jules-Picardy, and the house of Claude Viseux, street of Surface. Obélisque of the place Quideau This obelisk of the 17th century, acquired in a demolition contracter was gone up with use of fountain in 1974 place Corentin and Elie Quideau to decorate the center town. It was once again moved in 2001, always on the Quideau place, with a excentré site. This obelisk would come from the royal field of Versailles, it is the counterpart of a drawing of time showing its similar to Versailles.

Annular In 1996, the sculptor Claude Viseux offered to his birthplace the sculpture Annulaire . It is set up place of Verdun close to the school complex Georges Duhamel. Claude Viseux was born in 1927 with 22 rue d'Aire, “the Patrix Field”. Logist of the Price of Rome at 23 years, professor, foreman of sculpture to the E.N.S.B.A. of Paris of 1975 with 1992, this artist of international reputation, is creator of more than 50 monumental sculptures throughout the world. Its work was rewarded for many prices of which the Triennial one of New Delhi and the price Antoine Pevsner.

The presbytery of 1868 shelters a kiss of peace of the beginning of XVIe century silver.

The commune includes/understands a laundrette of the end of the XIXe century, street Welwyn, element of rural inheritance typical of the French Vexin.

To finally note on the wall of the nursery school the plate of the ceramics teachers which recall, just like the war memorial of 1922, the memory of died of the First World War.

Personalities related to the commune

• Claude Viseux, sculptor
• Auguste Boulard, painter
• Jean-Baptiste Juvénal Corbineau, general of Empire

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