Bresles
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Bresles
|commune status = Commune
|image = Bresles par avion.jpg
|caption = An aerial view of Bresles
|image coat of arms =
|arrondissement = Beauvais
|canton = Mouy
|INSEE = 60103
|postal code = 60510
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Beauvaisis
|coordinates = {{coord|49.4111|2.2517|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 63
|elevation min m = 47
|elevation max m = 107
|area km2 = 20.99
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Bresles ({{IPA|fr|bʁɛl}}) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/60103-bresles INSEE commune file]
Geography
Bresles is about {{convert|88|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Paris, and just under 15 km east of Beauvais.
History
Its existence is attested since 1262 and the chapel of St Peter and St Paul, dating from 1312, is all that is left of a fort founded in 1212. The web page created by the Oise department (see freeoise.free.fr) mentions a famous nineteenth century opera singer by the name of Nicolas Levasseur as a significant native of Bresles, but does not mention the much more notorious French fascist leader Jacques Doriot.
Population
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|5747|Bresles}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-60103#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |1320
|1821 |1543
|1846 |1803
|1872 |1966
|1901 |2224
|1926 |2157
|1946 |2140
|1962 |2695
|1968 |2975
|1975 |3195
|1982 |3180
|1990 |3653
|1999 |3749
|2007 |4120
|2012 |4341
|2017 |4147
}}
See also
References
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{{commons category|Bresles}}
{{Oise communes}}
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{{Beauvais-geo-stub}}