Rethondes

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Rethondes

(2020–2026) Jean-Jacques Lecat^[1]Area

9.48 km² (3.66 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

643 • Density68/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

60534 /60153

Elevation33–110 m (108–361 ft)
(avg. 38 m or 125 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rethondes (French pronunciation: [ʁətɔ̃d]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.^[3] It is associated with the signing of the armistice of 11 November 1918, which ended World War I, although the actual location of the signing was on the other side of the Aisne in the commune of Compiègne. The same spot was also where Nazi Germany had Vichy government sign the armistice of 22 June 1940, during World War II.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	451	—
1975	458	+0.22%
1982	504	+1.38%
1990	591	+2.01%
1999	668	+1.37%
2009	715	+0.68%
2014	720	+0.14%
2020	636	−2.05%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Blay, Michel (2012). Les ordres du Chef: Culte de l'autorité et ambitions technocratiques : le CNRS sous Vichy. Paris: Armand Colin. pp. 1–26. ISBN 9782200277284 – via Cairn.info.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE