Noyon is a small but historic French city in the Oisedépartement, Picardie, on the Oise Canal, approximately 60 miles north of Paris.
History
Originally inhabited by a Gallic tribe of peoples, it is famous as the site where Emperor Charlemagne was crowned in 768 as was the first Capetian king, Hugh Capet in 987.
Near the end of the 16th century the city fell under the control of Spain but King Henry IV of France would recapture it. The city was occupied by the Germans during World War I and World War II and on both occasions suffered heavy damage.
Noyon is built at the foot and on the slopes of a hill, and traversed by a small stream, the Verse, which joins the Oise 1 m.
Noyon, the ancient Noviomagus Veromanduorum, was christianized by St Quentin at the close of the 3rd century; and about 530 St Medard, bishop of the district of Vermandois, transferred his see thither from St Quentin.
Noyon was ravaged by the English and the Burgundians during the Hundred Years' War.
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