Francastel

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

Geography

History

The first village, which was with the site of the current cemetery, was destroyed by the Normands.

Rebuilt on the site which it occupies today, it was strengthened but damaged by the Jacquerie, then by the Bourguignons which destroyed the castle in 1472.

The village was served by the secondary Railroad Estrées-Saint-Denis - Froissy - Crèvecœur-the-Large of 1911 to 1961

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church of the Nativity (Chorus of XIIeme, nave of 1767)
Saint-Germain Vault.
Vestiges of a keep, included in civil construction industries
Mound of the Castle destroyed by Charles Bold the after his failure with Beauvais, consisted spoil of the undergrounds refuges.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Oise
Station of Francastel-Ourcel

External bonds

Official site of the Town hall

Francastel on the site of the national geographical Institute
Francastel on the site of INSEE
Localization of Francastel on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Francastel on Mapquest

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