Chaumont-en-Vexin

Chaumont -en- Vexin is a commune with 3082 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Oise in the Picardie region; it belongs to the district Beauvais and is the administrative center of the canton of Chaumont -en- Vexin.

Geography

Chaumont -en- Vexin is located about 30 kilometers from Beauvais and ten kilometers from Gisors to the southwest of the Oise.

History

Lords of Chaumont were:

• Hugh I the Younger ( † 1102), Count of Vermandois and Valois, Lord of Chaumont -en- Vexin
• William of Vermandois, 1120 Lord of Chaumont -en- Vexin

Twinning

Chaumont -en- Vexin maintains since 1986 a partnership with the German village of Bad Arolsen in the Schwalm -Eder -Kreis.

Sons and daughters

• Agnès Le Brun ( b. 1961 ), French politician