Compiègne is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
The city is located along the Oise River. Its inhabitants are called Compiégnois.
Compiègne is the seat of three cantons
The Compiègne Forest was the site of the signing of two armistices; the 1918 Armistice with Germany and the 1940 Armistice with France. Hitler specifically chose the location, and had the original signing carriage moved from Paris to Compiègne, as an irony for th...
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Compiègne is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
The city is located along the Oise River. Its inhabitants are called Compiégnois.
Compiègne is the seat of three cantons
The Compiègne Forest was the site of the signing of two armistices; the 1918 Armistice with Germany and the 1940 Armistice with France. Hitler specifically chose the location, 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, after use in the 1940 armistice, was moved to Berlin and subsequently destroyed during an Allied air raid).
Since 1968 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.
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