Area 5.81 km² Local time Tuesday 4:20 AM | Arrondissement Clermont Intercommunality Pays du Clermontois Population 9,699 (1999) | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
Clermont ([klɛʁmɔ̃]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
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Map of 60600 Clermont, France
History
Clermont was also known as Clermont-en-Beauvaisis or Clermont-en-France. The hill on which the town is built is surmounted by a keep of the 14th century, the relic of a fortress the site of which has been used as a large penitentiary for women. The church dates from the 14th to the 16th centuries. The hôtel-de-ville, built by King Charles IV., who was born at Clermont in 1294, is the oldest in the north of France.
The town was probably founded during the time of the Norman invasions, and was an important military post, during the middle ages. It was several times taken and retaken by the contending parties during the Hundred Years' War, and the Wars of Religion, and in 1615 Henry II., prince of Condé, was besieged and captured there by the marshal d’Ancre.
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International relations
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