Chamant

Chamant is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

Chamant
The church in Chamant
Location of Chamant
Chamant
Chamant
Coordinates: 49°13′14″N 2°36′42″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentOise
ArrondissementSenlis
CantonSenlis
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Philippe Charrier
Area
1
12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
910
  Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
60138 /60300
Elevation57–117 m (187–384 ft)
(avg. 84 m or 276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is situated about 50 km to the north of Paris, and just 2 km to the northeast of Senlis.

Literature

The town figured in the virulently anti-Semitic novel The Jew of Chamant, published in 1898 by George H. D. Gossip under the pseudonym "Ivan Trepoff".

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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