Chaumont-in-Vexin

Chaumont-in-Vexin is a common French, located in the department of the Oise and the area Picardy.

Its inhabitants is the Chaumontois .

Geography

Chaumont is located in the French Vexin, in the south-west of the Oise, 9 km of Gisors, 17 km of Magny-in-Vexin, 18 km of Auneuil, 20 km of Méru and 28 km of Beauvais.

Common broadside by several River; the Troësne (or Troesne), natural River taking its source close to Monneville, the Channel of Marquemont fascinating source with the hamlet of the same name, joining the Troësne in the east of the commune, the Ru of the gold Arm, the Ru of Rebetz, fascinating source in the property of the Castle of Rebetz.

Built around a central hillock rising with approximately 150 meters, covered with Wood and meadows surrounded by wood in the south, the wood of the Brush. It is built at the edge of a Marécage due to the many sources of water which always ran in the Vallée where it is. The commune is located at approximately 64 meters above the sea level. The central hillock is not inhabited, but it is around and on its sides that the dwellings were built.

There is several Hameau X and variations; Laillery (old commune), almost completely integrated today, Bertichères, Rebetz, the Smallone and Saint-Brice (another old commune).

The commune is served by a station of the line Paris-Saint-Lazare - Gisors-Junction.

History

The etymology of its name remains fuzzy; maybe of the Latin calidus Mons , which means “mount bald person”, probable origin attested by documents of the 10th century and 11th century, of which the origin seems logical because the hillock is partially covered with wood, a such caren bald person; maybe of the names Celtic S chod and my , because at the time Celtic the city was to be very surrounded by wood.

The central hillock was originally smaller but was raised by the first manufacturers of a Château at the beginning of the Moyen-âge. Around the city several traces are present Neolithic S in the area with a Dolmen and a Menhir located in the wood of Bertichères, halfway with Sort-Castle. The commune is surrounded by many places known as testifying to a very important country establishment which worked the commune. The central place of the commune is named place of the Fulling mill; it is here that the flax coming from the fields neighborhood was pressed. One finds with Chaumont-in-Vexin several religious buildings, of which the church Saint-Jean-Baptist dating from the 14th century, built on the north-eastern side of the hillock. The other religious buildings were transformed or disappeared. The convent of Récollets was transformed into Mairie at the beginning of the 20th century. The commune had several doors similar to that visible with Sort-Castle and which marked the limits of the city medieval E.

Laillerie and Saint-Brice was attached to Chaumont between 1790 and 1794.
Chaumont was chief town of district under the Révolution.
March 5th 1961: Chaumont takes the name of Chaumont-in-Vexin.

Administration

Demography

Graph of the evolution of the population 1794-1999

Places and monuments

Église Saint-Jean-Baptist, started in 1528 under the direction of Nicolas Jouelle is devoted in 1554. It is of type blazing Gothique in Latin cross with projecting transept.
Castle of Bertichères of the XVI {{E}} and 17th centuries.

Personalities related to the commune

Equipment

The Canton of Chaumont-in-Vexin is very vast (37 communes). This is why a small town as Chaumont has two colleges.

Others

A living room of the delivers is organized every year towards mid-May. There exist two Golf S with Chaumont-in-Vexin; the golf of Rebetz located at the east, that of Bertichères in the west; both were built in the property of local castles of late Renaissance style.

Various prehistoric specimens of Coquillage S were discovered in sandy careers close to the commune by Raymond Pillon, of which certain single specimens.

See too

Common of Oise

External bonds

Route with photographs in the streets and lanes of Chaumont in Vexin
Chart of Cassini of Chaumont-in-Vexin on the site of GenCom
Chaumont-in-Vexin on the site of GenCom
Chaumont-in-Vexin on the site of the national geographical Institute
Chaumont-in-Vexin on the site of INSEE
Chaumont-in-Vexin on the site of Quid
the communes closest to Chaumont-in-Vexin
Chaumont-in-Vexin on Mapquest
Chaumont-in-Vexin on Viamichelin

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