Chamant
For the racehorse, see Chamant (horse).
| Chamant | |
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  Chamant | |
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Location within Picardy region  Chamant | |
| Coordinates: 49°13′14″N 2°36′42″E / 49.2206°N 2.6117°ECoordinates: 49°13′14″N 2°36′42″E / 49.2206°N 2.6117°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Senlis |
| Canton | Senlis |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Senlis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Philippe Charrier |
| Area1 | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 957 |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60138 / 60300 |
| Elevation |
57–117 m (187–384 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Chamant is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
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".
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