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La Ferté-Milon | |
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| Coordinates:49°10′42″N3°07′26″E / 49.1783°N 3.1239°E /49.1783; 3.1239 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Soissons |
| Canton | Villers-Cotterêts |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Céline Le Frère[1] |
Area 1 | 18.35 km2 (7.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,040 |
| • Density | 111/km2 (288/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02307 /02460 |
| Elevation | 62–156 m (203–512 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Ferté-Milon (French pronunciation:[lafɛʁtemilɔ̃]) is acommune in theAisnedepartment inHauts-de-France, northern France.
La Ferté-Milon is situated on the riverOurcq, 27 km southwest ofSoissons and 30 km northeast ofMeaux.La Ferté-Milon station has rail connections to Meaux and Paris.
In La Ferté-Milon stand the ruins of an unfinished castle, whose façade was 200 m long and 38 m high. The singular form of the tower walls was probably designed to resist cannons and protect the gate. The façade is preceded by a moat. On the right is a square tower of which two bare walls remain. The top of the ramparts is adorned withmachicolation. Access to the town was protected by a former gate of which two towers remain.
Behind the ramparts, two 160 mm cannons from 1909 sit facing towards the valley. One is annotated in Russian with the number 5085.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,629 | — |
| 1975 | 1,695 | +0.57% |
| 1982 | 1,948 | +2.01% |
| 1990 | 2,208 | +1.58% |
| 1999 | 2,109 | −0.51% |
| 2007 | 2,300 | +1.09% |
| 2012 | 2,199 | −0.89% |
| 2017 | 2,085 | −1.06% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
The dramatistJean Racine (1639–1699) was born in La Ferté-Milon.[4] He was one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France.
A statue of Racine as a child is located at the bottom of the pavedRuelle des rats. Nearby is a slate-roofed church with a square belfry with four turrets in each corner, one of which serves as a staircase.
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