Aisne
Arrondissement of Soissons
Canton of Villers-Cotterêts

Villers-Cotterêts

Villers-Cotterêts is a commune in the department in , . It is notable as the signing-place in 1539 of the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts discontinuing the use of Latin in official French documents, and as the birthplace in 1802 of French novelist Alexandre Dumas père.
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  • Type: Town with 10,500 residents
  • Description: commune in Aisne, France
  • Also known as: “Villers-Cotterets”
  • Postal codes: 02600 and 02600

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hôtel de ville de Villers-Cotterêts and Église Saint-Nicolas de Villers-Cotterêts.

Town hall
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is a town hall.

Church
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is a church.

Museum
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The opened in 1905 in Villers-Cotterêts in the commune of , France, where Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie, father of the writer Alexandre Dumas and grandfather of Alexandre Dumas fils, academician, died in 1806.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pisseleux and Fleury.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Village
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is a commune in the department in in northern . is situated 5 km east of Villers-Cotterêts.

Village
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is a commune in the department in in northern . is situated 9 km southeast of Villers-Cotterêts.

Villers-Cotterêts

Latitude
49.25495° or 49° 15′ 18″ north
Longitude
3.09093° or 3° 5′ 27″ east
Population
10,500
Elevation
132 metres (433 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR VCT
Open location code
8FX5733R+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 416964008
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2968405
Wiki­data ID
Q213883
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Villers-Cotterêts” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Villers-Cotterêts”
  • Albanian: “Villers-Cotterêts”
  • Algerian Arabic: “فيلير كوتيري”
  • Arabic: “فيلير كوتريه”
  • Aragonese: “Villers-Cotterêts”
  • Armenian: “Վիլեր Կոտրե”
  • Armenian: “Վիլլե Կոտրե”
  • Arpitan: “Villers-Cotterêts”
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  • Azerbaijani: “Ville-Kotre”
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  • Belarusian: “Віле-Катрэ”
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  • Bulgarian: “Вийер Котре”
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  • Chinese: “維萊科特雷”
  • Chinese: “维莱科特雷”
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  • Esperanto: “Edikto de Villers-Coterets”
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  • Russian: “Вилле-Котре”
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  • Russian: “Виллер-Котре”
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  • Tatar: “Вилле-Котре”
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  • Ukrainian: “Вілер-Котерет”
  • Ukrainian: “Вілле-Котре”
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