Gerberoy

Gerberoy

Gerberoy
Administration
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Oise
Arrondissement Beauvais
Canton Songeons
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte
Mayor Yvette Autrique
(2008–2014)
Statistics
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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Toponymy

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.

History

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.

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