Mélicocq

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

The inhabitants are called Mélicocquoises and Mélicocquois.

Geography

Melicocq is located in Oise (60) at 11km at the north of Compiegne, to 77 km in the north of Paris. The commune is between 36 and 137m altitude.

History

Formerly Molinetum in 1200 then Melincotum. It was a village already quoted at the 7th century. Mélicocq was one of the communes of Beauvaisis that évangélisa St Amand, going to Compiegne, close to king Dagobert. It crossed the village, and made several miracles there. It ressuscita the son of a poor widow at whom he had found hospitality. St Amand founded a vault there, that time destroyed.

At the 16th century, the village had a water mill and a castle. An old Roman roadway passed " with the Mélicocq" cross; to join the way from Compiegne to Amiens. Save by the Great War during four years, Mélicocq will know violent one engagements in particular in June 1918, days during which the soldiers of IIIe Armée with the Humbert General will stop German walk on Paris.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Course of the Valley of Matz It is one of the most beautiful tourist courses of France for the trout fishing Fario and Arc (category 1). It is a course of 10km since the Lhuillier mill to the bridge of Marquéglise.

Church Saint Martin It is a building which was rebuilt in the year 1300, but of many rehandlings made disappear old construction. The church contained two sticks of brotherhood: that of Saint Martin's day and that of the Blessed Virgin.

Mill Lhuillier It is known under the name of Moulin the oilcan or the hoeillet. One there pressed oil poppy, left poppy, to obtain oil from it making the fabrics imputrescibles.

Dovecote of the 19th century Of octagonal roof, it exceeds roofs of the adjacent buildings. It offers in frontage a large rectangular door occupying to it quasi totality of the plan.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Common of Oise

External bonds

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

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