La Neuville-en-Hez
| La Neuville-en-Hez | |
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  La Neuville-en-Hez | |
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Location within Picardy region  La Neuville-en-Hez | |
| Coordinates: 49°24′16″N 2°19′26″E / 49.4044°N 2.324°ECoordinates: 49°24′16″N 2°19′26″E / 49.4044°N 2.324°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Clermont |
| Canton | Clermont |
| Intercommunality | Communes Rurales du Beauvaisis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean-François Dufour |
| Area1 | 28.42 km2 (10.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)2 | 985 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60454 / 60510 |
| Elevation |
49–161 m (161–528 ft) (avg. 72 m or 236 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. | |
La Neuville-en-Hez is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
The commune is located 60 km north of Paris, less than 18 km east of Beauvais, 36 km west of Compiegne and 54 km south of Amiens.
The village formed around the twelfth-century castle built by Count Raoul de Clermont, some of which still remains.
It contains the Church of Our Lady of the Nativity, dating from the thirteenth century and the convent of Notre Dame de la Garde dating from the fifteenth century.
A statue to King Louis IX of France commemorates the legend that the saint king was born here.
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