Haramont

Haramont
Haramont
Administration
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Soissons
Canton Villers-Cotterêts
Mayor Gerard Bouchonville
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 75–243 m (246–797 ft)
(avg. 138 m/453 ft)
Land area1 12.24 km2 (4.73 sq mi)
Population2 605  (2008)
 - Density 49 /km2 (130 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 02368/ 02600
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.

Haramont is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.

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Population

Historical population of Haramont
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
Population 383 359 393 441 518 573 605

Sights

Haramont has 17 historical monuments listed in the French Ministry of Culture database.[1] Most notable are:

Personalities linked to the commune

Alexandre Dumas, lived in the Manoir des Fossés during his youth. His novels Ange Pitou and Le Meneur de loups (The Wolf Leader) are set partly in the commune.

In the introduction to Le Meneur de loups, he writes:

« Du plus loin qu’il me souvienne, c’est-à-dire de l’âge de trois ans, nous habitions, mon père, ma mère et moi, un petit château nommé les Fossés, situé sur les limites des départements de l’Aisne et de l’Oise, entre Haramont et Longpré. »
("As far back as I remember, that is to say from the age of three years, we lived, my father, my mother and me, in a small château called les Fossés, situated on the border of the départements of l’Aisne and l’Oise, between Haramont and Longpré.")

See also

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Culture listing for Haramont Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)
  2. ^ Ministry of Culture listing - Eglise Paroissiale Saint-Clément Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)
  3. ^ Ministry of Culture listing - Ancien prieuré de Longpré Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)
  4. ^ Ministry of Culture listing Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)
  5. ^ Ministry of Culture listing - Menhir dit La Pierre-Clouise Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)