Pierrefonds, Oise

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Pierrefonds

|commune status = Commune

|image = Château de Pierrefonds, Main entrance.jpg

|caption = Château de Pierrefonds

|image coat of arms = Blason PIERREFONDS.svg

|arrondissement = Compiègne

|canton = Compiègne-2

|INSEE = 60491

|postal code = 60350

|mayor = Florence Demouy{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|49.3517|2.9813|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 81

|elevation min m = 55

|elevation max m = 144

|area km2 = 22.32

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

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Pierrefonds ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁfɔ̃}}) is a commune in the French department of Oise, Hauts-de-France, northern France, known for its Château de Pierrefonds.

History

The lords of Pierrefonds in the Middle Ages were:

  • {{ill|Nivelon I of Pierrefonds|lt=Nivelon I|fr|Nivelon Ier de Pierrefonds}} (1047–1073)
  • {{ill|Nivelon II of Pierrefonds|lt=Nivelon II|fr|Nivelon II de Pierrefonds}} (1073–1102)
  • Dreux (1102–1160)Theodore Evergates, The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100–1300 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), pp. 231, 239–240.
  • Nivelon III (1160–1161)
  • Agatha (1161–1192)
  • Conon, Count of Soissons (1161–1182), her husband
  • Gaucher III of Châtillon (1192–1193), her cousin

Pierrefonds was sold to the crown in 1193.

Demography

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-60491#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968|1531|1975|1474|1982|1376|1990|1548|1999|1945|2009|1969|2014|1860|2020|1877

}}

See also

References

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