Foulangues

Foulangues is a common French, located in the department of the Oise and the area Picardy.

Geography

History

The book " History of Foulangues" by ANNA Roger is available to the town hall of Foulangues

Guard of the village: Saint-Denis Foulangues, formerly stronghold of the abbey of Saint-Lucien of Beauvais, is named Fullengis with Xe century. Its name is derived from Fullonica resulting from Latin Fullo Fullonis " Foulon" name of trade whose ativity was exerted near the Cires river. Foulangues is quoted in many files since 1119 of which the testimony of Eudes de Fulengis about the donations passed between the monks of Saint-Leu and the count de Clermont. In the beginning, the rare dwellings dispersed in the East of the Saint-Lucien Farm and around the laundrette used by the first fullers. The Saint-Lucien abbey applied to his grounds high justice. Today Foulangues lives like a rural borough near Wax-the-Mello, of Ully-Saint-Georges and of Balagny-on-Thérain. " source; History of Foulangues" by ANNA Roger your servant

Administration

Demography

One counted 48 inhabitants into 1709,170 into 1822,184 in 1826. Until end of the 19th century, acroissement by the population was accompanied by an increase in the surface cultivated gained gradually on the waste lands and wood ennvironnants. " source; History of Foulangues" by ANNA Roger your servant.

Places and monuments

Foulangues shelters a splendid church of the 12th century, restored at XIVe and 16th centuries. This building of which the essence of stucture goes back to the years 1140, is of modest size but revealed a diversity in its construction history source of Foulangues by ANNA Roger your servant. This church includes/understands an original octagonal bell-tower.

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