Compiègne is a The commune is an administrative division of France. The rights and obligations of communes are governed by the Code général des collectivités territoriales (CGCT) which replaced the Code des communes (except for personnel matters) with the passage of the law of 21 February 1996 for legislation and... commune in the Oise is a département in the north of France named after the Oise River. History Oise was on of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Ile-de-France. Geography Oise is part... Oise The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements. Départements are also found in Côte dIvoire. Administrative role Each... département of The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France, of which it is a Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. Albania There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is subdivided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefectures. Examples: District of Korçë, District of Sarandë Burkina Faso Examples: Djibasso Subprefecture Chad Examples: NGouri... sous-préfecture. The city is located along the The Oise river is a tributary of the Seine River in France. It gave its name to two French départements: Oise and Val-dOise. Cities along the river include: Compiègne See also: Rivers of France Categories: Stub | French rivers ... Oise River. Population (1999): 41,254.

Historical population

• 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events February 2 - The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 - In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. February 14 - Llanelli Conservative Association founded. March 2 – Robert Maclean... 1882: 13,393
• 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1990 in video gaming January January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen... 1990: 41,663 (municipal), 44,703 (total)
• 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999: 41,076 (municipal), 44,703 (total), 69,903 (agglomeration), urban (108,234)

Administration

• Canton of Compiègne-Nord (with 5 communes)
• Canton of Compiègne-Sud-Est (southeast) (with 4 communes)
• Canton of Compiègne-Sud-Ouest (southwest) (with 5 communes)

History

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February Events January 13: With the death of Charles the Fat, the Frankish kingdom is split again, and this time permanently. Odo, Count of Paris becomes king of the western Franks. Abdallah ibn Mohammed succeeds al-Mundhir as emir of Cordoba. Shaftesbury abbey is founded. Births Deaths January 13: Charles the... 888 - Odo (or Eudes) (c. 860 - January 1, 898) was a king of the Franks (888 - 898). He was a son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and is sometimes referred to as duke of France and also as count of Paris. For his skill and bravery in resisting the... Odo, Count of Paris and king of the The Franks were one of several west Germanic tribes who entered the late Roman Empire from Frisia as foederati and established a lasting realm in an area that covers most of modern-day France and the region of Franconia in Germany, forming the historic kernel of both these two modern... Franks was crowned in Compiègne.

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). There are 222 days remaining. Events 1430 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne 1498 - Girolamo Savonarola is executed on the orders of... May 23, Events May 23 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians Year in topics 1430 in art Births Robert Morton, English composer, approximate date Antoine Busnois, Burgundian composer, approximate date Deaths Christine de Pizan... 1430 - During the A map of Europe in the 1430s, at the height of the Hundred Years War The Hundred Years War was a 116-year-long armed conflict between the Kingdom of England and France, beginning in 1337 and ending in 1453. Although the Hundred Years War spanned the reigns of five... Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne dArc) (January 6, 1412 - May 30, 1431), known as the Maid of Orléans (French: la pucelle dOrléans), is a national heroine of France and saint of the Catholic Church. During the Hundred Years War she led the French against the English... Joan of Arc was captured by the The Burgundians or Burgundes were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose old form in Old Norse still was Burgundarholmr (the Island of the Burgundians), and from here to mainland Europe. In the Thorstein saga Víkingssonar, Veseti settled in an... Burgundians while attempting to free Compiègne.

Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. June 6 - Swedish warships depart from Stockholm to Germany. June 26 - Swedish troops begin to land in Pomerania to aid Protestants. July 6 - Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Germany. July 6 - Success, last ship of the Winthrop... 1630 - Marie de Medici ( April 26, 1573 - July 3, 1642), born in Italy as Maria de Medici, was queen consort of France under the French name Marie de Médicis. She was the wife of King Henry IV of France, of the Bourbon branch of the kings of France. Later... Marie de' Medici's attempts to displace Cardinal Richelieu was the French chief minister from 1624 until his death. Armand Jean Du Plessis, Cardinal et Duc de Richelieu ( 9 September 1585– 4 December 1642) was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. Consecrated as a bishop in 1607, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State... Richelieu ultimately led to her exile to Compiègne, from where she escaped to Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels ( Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the de facto capital of the European Union, as two of its three main institutions have their... Brussels in 1631.

November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. Events 1215 - The Fourth Lateran Council meets, adopting the doctrine of transubstantiation, meaning that bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. 1620 - In what... November 11, 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). Events January-February January 8 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his Fourteen Points for the aftermath of World War I. January 24 - a decree of the Council of Peoples Commissars, introducing the Gregorian calendar in Russia since February... 1918 - The fighting of Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood World War I (also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars) was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to... WWI ended with an An armistice is the effective end of a war, when the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is derived from the Latin arma , meaning weapons and stitium, meaning a stopping. A truce or cease fire usually refers to a temporary ceasation of hostilities for an agreed limited time or... armistice agreed at Compiègne.

June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. Events Up to 1 BC 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom 168 BC - Battle of Pydna: Romans... June 22, 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 5 - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 - World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 - World War... 1940 - Armistice between Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. The Third Reich is an Anglicization of the German... Nazi Germany and the defeated France in Compiègne. It was signed in the same place as in 1918, in the same railroad carriage but with the seats swapped.

1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is... 1968 - The starting location of the Begun in 1896, Paris-Roubaix, third of the ten UCI World Cup races, has become the most famous single-day bicycle road race. Paris-Roubaix is one of the Classics and carries the nickname Queen of Classics or La Pascale, the Easter race. Held annually in the mid-April rainy... Paris-Roubaix This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminum tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. It sports a drop handlebar and thin tires and wheels for efficiency and aerodynamics This mountain bicycle features oversized tires, lights, a sturdy frame, front shock absorbers, and handlebars oriented perpendicular to the bike... bicycle race was changed from The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. The city of Paris proper is also a dé... Paris to Compiègne.

2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... 2004 - The Communauté de Communes de la Région de Compiègne becomes a partner in a European Union INTERREG IIIb project called SAND (see link below)

Memorials at the site of the 1918 Armistice

• French: Alsace-Lorraine; German: Elsaß-Lothringen) was the territory ceded by France to the newly-unified Germany under the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt (which ended the Franco-Prussian War) and restored to France after World War I by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. Its legal name is Alsace-Moselle. Area... Alsace-Lorraine Memorial: a depiction of a sword (representing the allies) stabbing a fallen eagle (representing Germany).
• Ferdinand Foch ( October 2, 1851 – March 20, 1929) was a French soldier. He was a French marshal and rose to be commander of the allied armies during World War I. Foch was born in Tarbes, France. He enlisted in the French infantry in 1870 but did not see combat... Marshal Foch's statue
• A memorial is an object served as a memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects such as statues or fountains. The most common type of memorial is the simple gravestone. Also common are war memorials commemorating those that... Memorial tablet placed at the precise location of the cease-fire signing: reads (in french) HERE ON THE ELEVENTH OF NOVEMBER 1918 SUCCUMBED THE CRIMINAL PRIDE OF THE GERMAN REICH. VANQUISHED BY THE FREE PEOPLES WHICH IT TRIED TO ENSLAVE. (This tablet was dismantled and taken to Germany in 1940. It was returned after World War 2).
• Copy of the original train carriage where the An armistice is the effective end of a war, when the warring parties agree to stop fighting. The most famous armistice, the one still meant when people say simply The Armistice, is the one at the end of World War I, on November 11, 1918. Armistice Day is still celebrated... cease-fire was signed (the original was destroyed in Germany at the end of World War 2).

Twin towns

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• Categories: Stub ... Huy, The Kingdom of Belgium ( Dutch: Koninkrijk België, French: Royaume de Belgique, German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea. Belgium is at a cultural crossroad between Germanic Europe and Romance Europe. It has Dutch speakers... Belgium, since 1959
• Downtown Raleigh as seen from the Boylan St. bridge on the west side. Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. It is the county seat of Wake County. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 276,093, making it... Raleigh, North Carolina, The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States, since 1989
• Kiryat Tivon, The State of Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל, translit.: Medinat Yisrael; Arabic: دولة اسرائيل, translit.: Daulat Israil) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea... Israel, since 1988
• Aronas coat of arms Largo Garibaldi in winter, the castle in the background is Angera Arona, Italy is a town of about 15,000 inhabitants on Lake Maggiore, Italy. Its main resource is tourism, especially from France and Germany. Landmarks Arona is home to the Sancarlone, a statue of... Arona, The Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San... Italy, since 1962
• Vianden, The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small landlocked state in the north-west of the continental European Union, bordered by France, Germany and Belgium. National motto: Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn ( Luxembourgish: We wish to stay what we are) Official languages French, German, Luxembourgish ( de jure... Luxembourg, since 1964
• Shirakawa (白河市; -shi) is a city located in Fukushima, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 48,297 and the density of 410.44 persons per km². The total area is 117.67 km². The city was founded on April 1, 1949. External links... Shirakawa, Fukushima, Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2005)  - Total (nominal)  ... Japan, since 1988
• Motto: none Voivodship Warmia-Masuria Municipal government Rada Miejska w Elblągu Mayor Henryk Słonina Area 83,32 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 130.000 none 1544,64/km² Founded City rights 9th century 1246 Latitude Longitude 54° 10 N 19° 24 E Area... Elblag, The Republic of Poland, a democratic country with a population of 38,626,349 and area of 312,685 km², is located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania... Poland, since 2002
• Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and is probably most famous for the ruined abbey which stands near the town centre. The abbey is a shrine to Saint Edmund, the Saxon King of... Bury St Edmunds, Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK... England, since 1967

Sites of interest

• Château de Compiègne
• Compiègne Forest

External links

• City council website (http://www.mairie-compiegne.fr/) (in French)
• Le musée du château/The Château museum (http://www.musee-chateau-compiegne.fr/)
• SAND Project site (http://www.sandproject.nl/)
• INTERREG  (http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/interreg3/)