Breteuil, Oise

Breteuil or Breteuil-sur-Noye is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

Breteuil-sur-Noye
Commune
Former abbey and the castle
Coat of arms
Location of Breteuil-sur-Noye
Breteuil-sur-Noye Breteuil-sur-Noye
Coordinates: 49°38′00″N 2°17′39″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Clermont
Canton	Saint-Just-en-Chaussée
Intercommunality	Vallées de la Brèche et de la Noye
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean Cauwel
Area ^1	17.27 km^2 (6.67 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	4,340
• Density	250/km^2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	60104 /60120
Elevation	70–166 m (230–545 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is located in the Noye valley.

Law of Breteuil

The Duke of Normandy gave a charter to Breteuil guaranteeing it many freedoms. After the Norman conquest of England and later the Norman Conquest of Ireland, the "law of Breteuil" was granted to many towns in those countries.[2][3]

Population

Its inhabitants are calles Brituliens.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,030	—
1800	2,160	+6.4%
1806	2,112	−2.2%
1821	2,099	−0.6%
1831	2,284	+8.8%
1836	2,415	+5.7%
1841	2,399	−0.7%
1846	2,561	+6.8%
1851	2,736	+6.8%
1856	2,794	+2.1%
1861	2,907	+4.0%
1866	2,815	−3.2%
1872	2,802	−0.5%
1876	3,074	+9.7%
1881	3,146	+2.3%
1886	3,154	+0.3%
1891	3,108	−1.5%
1896	2,991	−3.8%
1901	2,830	−5.4%
1906	2,839	+0.3%
1911	2,700	−4.9%
1921	2,325	−13.9%
1926	2,426	+4.3%
1931	2,516	+3.7%
1936	2,359	−6.2%
1946	1,785	−24.3%
1954	2,241	+25.5%
1962	2,748	+22.6%
1968	3,085	+12.3%
1975	3,531	+14.5%
1982	3,873	+9.7%
1990	3,879	+0.2%
1999	4,120	+6.2%
2006	4,267	+3.6%
2009	4,359	+2.2%
2012	4,475	+2.7%

See also

• Communes of the Oise department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Ballard, Adolphus (October 1915). "The Law of Breteuil" (PDF). The English Historical Review. Oxford University Press. 30 (120): 646–658. doi:10.1093/ehr/xxx.cxx.646. JSTOR 551301.
3. Pounds, Norman John Greville (2005-01-01). The Medieval City. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 174–5. ISBN 9780313324987. Retrieved 10 September 2015.