Verberie

Verberie
Commune

Coat of arms
Verberie
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Verberie
Coordinates: 49°18′40″N 2°43′56″E / 49.3111°N 2.7322°E / 49.3111; 2.7322Coordinates: 49°18′40″N 2°43′56″E / 49.3111°N 2.7322°E / 49.3111; 2.7322
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Oise
Arrondissement Senlis
Canton Crépy-en-Valois
Intercommunality Basse Automne
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Patrick Floury
Area1 15.05 km2 (5.81 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 4,062
 • Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 60667 /60410
Elevation 30–125 m (98–410 ft)
(avg. 33 m or 108 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Verberie is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

It lies 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Compiègne on the main road to Senlis and Paris. The railway station is on the line from Compiegne to Crépy-en-Valois. It has an average income of €20,442 (1999). The inhabitants are known as Sautriauts.

History

On 1 October 856 Judith, the daughter of Charles the Bald, King of West Francia, married Æthelwulf, King of Wessex at the royal palace of Verberie.[1]

During the First World War it was the scene of fighting on the 1 September 1914, and in 1918. The village has several war cemeteries including the Verberie French National Cemetery which contains the graves of 3,221 French soldiers (of whom 2,339 are unidentified), 52 servicemen from the United Kingdom, and one Canadian cavalryman.

Personalities

It was the birthplace of author and feminist Juliette Adam.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nelson, Janet, trans. and ed. (1991). The Annals of St-Bertin. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7190-3426-8.
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