Chiry-Ourscamp
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Chiry-Ourscamp
|commune status = Commune
|image = Abbaye d'Ourscamp (Oise).JPG
|caption = Abbey of Notre-Dame d'Ourscamp
|image coat of arms = Blason chiry ourscamps.svg
|arrondissement = Compiègne
|canton = Thourotte
|INSEE = 60150
|postal code = 60138
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Deux Vallées
|coordinates = {{coord|49.5464|2.9519|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 33
|elevation max m = 150
|area km2 = 13.25
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
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Chiry-Ourscamp ({{IPA|fr|ʃiʁi uʁskɑ̃}}, before 1999: Chiry-Ourscamps)[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000397982 Décret du 21 décembre 1999 portant changement de nom de communes], Journal officiel de la République française n° 0300, 28 December 1999, p. 19453. is a French commune in the Oise department, region of Hauts-de-France.
History
An early reference to the community dates to the seventh century, when it was referred to as Ursi campus.{{cite book |last1=Nègre |first1=Ernest |title=Toponymie générale de la France, Volume 2 |date=1991 |publisher=Librairie Droz |page=995 |isbn=9782600001335 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbpVLN1tRNoC}} Château Mennechet, a castle constructed in the late 19th century in Chiry-Ourscamp lies in ruins after being left vacant following the Second World War.{{Base Mérimée|PA60000081 |Château Mennechet}}
See also
References
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