Gerberoy |
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Gerberoy
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Country | France |
Region | Picardy |
Department | Oise |
Arrondissement | Beauvais |
Canton | Songeons |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte |
Mayor | Yvette Autrique (2008–2014) |
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Elevation | 111–201 m (364–659 ft) (avg. 204 m/669 ft) |
Land area1 | 4.51 km2 (1.74 sq mi) |
Population2 | 95 (2006) |
- Density | 21 /km2 (54 /sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 60271/ 60380 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Gerberoy is a small village in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise.
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Gerboredum 11th Century. Germanic masculine name Gerbold and Old North French roy 'ford' (Celtic rito-, Old Welsh rit > Welsh rhyd)
A ford in the Thérain stream.
Old village with many half-timbered houses, traces of the medieval castle, listed in the plus beaux villages de France (Most beautiful French villages).
Battle of Gerberoy between William the Conqueror and his son.