Verberie

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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Verberie

(2020–2026) Michel Arnould^[1]Area

15.05 km² (5.81 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,819 • Density250/km² (660/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

60667 /60410

Elevation30–125 m (98–410 ft)
(avg. 33 m or 108 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Verberie (French pronunciation: [vɛʁbəʁi]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.^[3]

It lies 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Compiègne on the main road to Senlis and Paris. The railway station is on the line from Compiègne to Crépy-en-Valois.

History

Verberie was the site of an Iron Age aristocratic Gallic farm, during the La Tène period.^[4]

On 1 October 856 Judith, the daughter of Charles the Bald, King of West Francia, married Æthelwulf, King of Wessex at the royal palace of Verberie.^[5]

During the First World War it was the scene of fighting on 1 September 1914, and in 1918. The village has several war cemeteries including the Verberie French National Cemetery which contains the graves of 3,221 French soldiers (of whom 2,339 are unidentified), 52 servicemen from the United Kingdom, and one Canadian cavalryman.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,511	—
1975	2,512	+0.01%
1982	2,293	−1.29%
1990	2,627	+1.71%
1999	3,283	+2.51%
2007	3,466	+0.68%
2012	4,062	+3.22%
2017	3,848	−1.08%
Source: INSEE^[6]

The inhabitants are known as Sautriauts in French.^[7]

Personalities

It was the birthplace of author and feminist Juliette Adam.

Gallery

Palais carolingien
Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
Saint-Germain Manor
Town hall
château d'Aramont
LGV Nord viaduct

Iron Age Gallic farm

Iron Age Gallic farm model

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
^ "Le site archéologique – Mairie de Verberie". Mairie de Verberie.
^ Nelson, Janet, trans. and ed. (1991). The Annals of St-Bertin. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7190-3426-8. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Oise, habitants.fr