Thourotte

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

The inhabitants are called Thourottois.

Geography

Located between Compiegne and Boundary-line, Thourotte is bathed by the Oise, its side channel and the Matz.

Population (1999): 5.239 habitants
National row (population): 1.724e
Unemployment rate (1999): 13,9%
Average revenue by household (2004): 14.449 €/an
Flowered city: 2 flowers

History

Occupied Neolithic site with the Bronze Age. Chief town of the châtellenie of Thourotte which belongs to the county of Clermont; yielded to the royal field in 1186, passed at the end of the 12th century in Clermont-Nesle, the 16th century in Montmorency, joined together with the duchy of Monchy-Humières in 1690. Jean de Thourotte founds there a chapter of canons to the nomination of the senior of Saint-Gervais-of-Soissons.

1914-18:

Occupied of 14 by the right wing of the German offensive, Thourotte will remain in limit of face after the battle of the Marne. Guns on férées ways were dissimulated in the drained loop of Oise (district of Martelois).
Of sliced of back line will be dug there when the Germans arrive until the Matz into 18.

1939-40:

Little bombardment in spite of the presence of the glassmaking. Resistance had sabotaged the equipments production and had informed it the allies.
the district of the station will be shaven to destroy a train and the explosion of a whole train of ammunition towards Ribécourt will cause important collateral damage.
the city will be released on September 1st, 1945, by 3rd US army of George Patton which went up the trunk road of Compiegne towards Noyon.

Industrialization:

The aspect of the village changes abruptly by construction into 1919 of the glassmakings of Saint-Gobain) financed by the refunding of the war damagees of the First World War. The sites of Chauny and Saint-Gobain had been entirely destroyed during the war.

The factory will hang the name of a place known as: " Chantereine" , in the north of the village then occupied by a farm and a mill (the chantereine is a variety of Grenouille).

Two villages appear then - that of origin centered on the place of the post office, the street of the Republic and the church - and a second near the factory with his residences (quoted ouviers, employees and frameworks), its vault, its school, its co-operative and its cinema. The fields between the two will be cut by a dirt track traced by outward journey-come from the employees of the factory living at the village (it will devriendra the street Jean Jaures). The school complex, the current town hall, the stage and the room of the sports will be built in this " between-village" to form the current city.

Administration

Thourotte is in the Département of Oise (in north east) between Noyon and Compiegne, in the canton of Ribécourt-Dreslincourt. The communes which are close for him are Machemont, Cambronne-lès-Ribécourt, Montmacq, Plessis Brion, Longueil Annel and Mélicocq.

In 1996, common the joint the Community of the Two Valleys (Oise and Matz) (see site DC-2v) (16 common partners for 24.000 inhabitants).

Demography

Places and monuments

Church of XIIè century.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Oise

External bonds

Official site of the town hall of Thourotte
Thourotte on the site of the national geographical Institute
Thourotte on the site of INSEE
Thourotte on the site of Quid
Localization of Thourotte on a chart of France and communes bordering
Card devoted to Thourotte on the site on Linternaute.com

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