Armentières-sur-Ourcq (, literally ''Armentières on

Ourcq The Ourcq (, ''Urc'' in 855) is an river in France, a right tributary of the Marne. Its source is near the village Ronchères, and its course crosses the departments of Aisne, Oise, and Seine-et-Marne. It flows southwest through the towns of ...

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Aisne Aisne ( , ; ; pcd, Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2019, it had a population of 531,345.Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...

region of northern France.

Geography

Armentières-sur-Ourcq is located some 30 km south of Soissons and 30 km south-east of Villers-Cotterêts. The D1 road runs through the south-west corner of the commune however the main access is on the D79 from

La Croix-sur-Ourcq La Croix-sur-Ourcq () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 Communes of France, communes in the French Depart ...

in the south-west running to the village then west to Nanteuil-Notre-Dame in the east. The D80 road also comes from

Oulchy-le-Château Oulchy-le-Château is a Communes of France, commune in the Aisne Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The town is located about from Paris, between Soissons to the north and Château-Thierry to the s ...

in the north and continues south to Coincy. The commune is almost entirely farmland except for a belt of forest in the north.Google Maps
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river flows from east to west through the northern part of the commune and forming part of the northern border. The ''Ru Garnier'' stream flows from the south of the commune north through the village and continuing north to join the Ourcq river.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Armentières-sur-Ourcq

Population

Sites and monuments

The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments: *The Chateau of Armentières (12th century). Its postern has been classified as a historical monument since 25 January 1921. It is currently privately owned and is visited every year during European Heritage Days. Since 2004 it has benefited from restoration works supported by the DRAC of Picardy and the General Council of Aisne *The Bernard bridges (17th century) spanning the

. ;Other sites of interest *The Church (13th century) was severely damaged during the First World War and almost entirely rebuilt. It contains two items that are registered as historical objects: **A Bas-relief: Pietà Donatrice and patron (16th century) **A Funeral Monument of the Lords of Armentières (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Notable people linked to the commune

Louis de Brienne de Conflans d'Armentières Louis de Conflans, marquis d' Armentières (23 February 1711 - 18 January 1774) was a French general. He was promoted to lieutenant général in 1746 and was made a marshal of France in 1768. Family and origins He was the son of Michel III de Confl ...

(1711-1774), Marshal of France *Charles Louis Gabriel de Conflans d'Armentieres (1772-1849), military officer and French politician of the 18th and 19th centuries

References

External links

Report on the Château of Armentières

Armentières-sur-Ourcq on the old National Geographic Institute website

40000 Bell Towers website

Armentières-sur-Ourcq on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Armahueres'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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