Compiègne

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Compiègne ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Oise department of northern France.<ref name=cog>INSEE commune file</ref> It is located on the river Oise,<ref name=EB1911>Template:Cite EB1911</ref> and its inhabitants are called Compiégnois ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}).

AdministrationEdit

Compiègne is the seat of two cantons:<ref name=cog/>

Compiègne-1 (with 19 communes and part of Compiègne)
Compiègne-2 (with 16 communes and part of Compiègne)

History by yearEdit

665 - Saint Wilfrid was consecrated Bishop of York. Wilfrid refused to be consecrated in Northumbria at the hands of Anglo-Saxon bishops. Deusdedit, Archbishop of Canterbury, had died, and as there were no other bishops in Britain whom Wilfrid considered to have been validly consecrated, he travelled to Compiègne, to be consecrated by Agilbert, the Bishop of Paris.
757 - Byzantine emperor Constantine V sent to Compiègne a gift for Pepin the Short : France's first organ.
833 - Louis the Pious (also known as King Louis I, the Debonair) was deposed in Compiègne.<ref name="EB1911" />
February 888 - Odo, Count of Paris and king of the Franks was crowned in Compiègne.
23 May 1430 - During the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians while attempting to free Compiègne. They then sold her to the English.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1557 - Battle of St. Quentin, where Habsburg Spanish forces defeat a French army in the Italian War of 1551–1559
1558 - The English occupy Compiègne
1624 - Compiègne gave its name to the Treaty of Compiègne, a treaty of alliance concluded by Cardinal Richelieu with the Dutch.<ref name="EB1911" />
1630 - Marie de' Medici's attempts to displace Richelieu ultimately led to her exile to Compiègne, from where she escaped to Brussels in 1631.
17 July 1794 - The Martyrs of Compiègne are executed in Paris during the Reign of Terror.
1900 - The golf events for the 1900 Summer Olympics took place.<ref>1900 Summer Olympics official report. p. 15. Accessed 14 November 2010. Template:In lang</ref>
11 November 1918 - The Armistice with Germany (Compiègne), agreed at Le Francport near Compiègne, ends fighting of World War I
22 June 1940 - Another Armistice with France (Second Compiègne) was signed between Nazi Germany and the defeated France in Le Francport, near Compiègne, in the same place as in 1918, in the same railroad carriage, but with the seats swapped.
1941 - During the German occupation of France, the Compiègne internment camp was established in Compiègne. A memorial of the camp, and another along the railway tracks, commemorate the tragedy.
1972 - Creation of the University of Technology of Compiègne
1977 - The starting location of the Paris–Roubaix bicycle race was changed from Paris to Compiègne.

PopulationEdit

Compiègne is the central commune of an urban unit with 70,699 inhabitants, and a larger commuter zone with 141,504 inhabitants as of 2017.<ref>Comparateur de territoire: Unité urbaine 2020 de Compiègne (60502), Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Compiègne (078), INSEE</ref> The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Compiègne proper.

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SightsEdit

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View of Compiègne

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Compiegne-Noyon Hospital

The Hôtel de Ville (town hall) was completed in 1530.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

MuseumsEdit

Château de Compiègne - the castle itself, and museums of the Second French Empire and of motoring and tourism within its walls
Musée Antoine Vivenel
Museum of historic figurines
Memorial of internment and deportation

Compiègne ForestEdit

Template:Main article The Glade of the Armistice in the Compiègne Forest was the site of the signing of two armistices; those of 11 November 1918 and 22 June 1940. Hitler specifically chose the location of the second, and had the original signing carriage moved from Paris to Compiègne, as an irony for the defeated French.

The site still houses several memorials to the 1918 armistice, including a copy of the original railway carriage. The original, Marshal Foch's Carriage was taken to Germany as a trophy of victory following the second armistice. Various rumors about what happened to this railway-carriage thereafter, have flourished ever since. Some believe it was destroyed by the SS in Thuringia in April 1945; others say this happened in Berlin, but most likely was it destroyed during an allied air-raid on Berlin. The latter version seems most plausible, since Ferdinand Foch's carriage actually was displayed at a Berlin museum.<ref>Moved to Berlin - Steven Budiansky, "The Complete story of Codebreaking during WW2",Template:ISBN, page 136</ref><ref>Moved to Berlin, and there destroyed in an air-raid - Brian Hanley, "Planning for Conflict in the 21st Century", page 116" available here [1]</ref><ref>Also William L Shirer in his "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" (unknown ISBN) states it was destroyed during a bombing raid on Berlin</ref>

The University of Technology of CompiègneEdit

Template:Main article Compiègne is home to the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), one of the top ranking engineering school in France, founded as a Technology University in 1972 to provide an alternative to the traditional "grandes écoles" for students interested in technologies and applied science.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

TransportEdit

Compiègne station offers connections with Paris, Amiens, Cambrai and several regional destinations. The nearest motorway is the A1 Paris-Lille.

CyclingEdit

Since 1977, Compiègne is the traditional start city of the famous Paris–Roubaix bicycle race. It was also the finish city of 3rd stage in the 2007 Tour de France.

Notable peopleEdit

Compiègne has been home to:

Roscellinus (~1050 - ~1122), philosopher and theologian, often regarded as the founder of Nominalism
Pierre d'Ailly (1350–1420), theologian and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Albert Robida (1848–1926), illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist
Eugène Albertini (1880–1941), teacher in Latin literature, historian of ancient Rome, and epigrapher of Latin texts
Marcel Tabuteau (1887–1966), Oboist, regarded as the founder of American oboe playing.
Suzanne Lenglen (1899–1938), tennis player, international female sport star
Lucas Debargue (1990–), pianist and composer who works in both the classical and jazz fields.
The Martyrs of Compiègne

International relationsEdit

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Compiègne is twinned with:

Template:Flagicon Arona, Italy, since 1962 Template:Flagicon Bury St Edmunds, England, since 1967 Template:Flagicon Elbląg, Poland, since 2002<ref name="Elbląg twinnings">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Elbląg twinnings 2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flagicon Guimarães, Portugal, since 2006 Template:Flagicon Huy, Belgium, since 1959	Template:Flagicon Kiryat Tivon, Israel, since 1988 Template:Flagicon Landshut, Germany, since 1962 Template:Flagicon Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, since 1989 Template:Flagicon Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan, since 1988 Template:Flagicon Vianden, Luxembourg, since 1964