Villers-Cotterêts
Villers-Cotterêts is a locality in Arrondissement of Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France. Villers-Cotterêts is situated nearby to the locality La Plaine Saint-Rémy, as well as near the suburb Pisseleux.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gare de Villers-Cotterêts and Hôtel de ville de Villers-Cotterêts.
Gare de Villers-Cotterêts
Railway station
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Gare de Villers-Cotterêts is a railway station.
Hôtel de ville de Villers-Cotterêts
Town hall
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Hôtel de ville de Villers-Cotterêts is a town hall.
Alexandre Dumas Museum
Museum
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The Alexandre Dumas Museum opened in 1905 in Villers-Cotterêts in the commune of Aisne, 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 Villers-Cotterêts and Fleury.
Villers-Cotterêts
Town
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Villers-Cotterêts is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, France. 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.
Fleury
Village
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Fleury is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Fleury is situated 5 km east of Villers-Cotterêts.
Villers-Cotterêts
- Type: Locality with 10,700 residents
- Also known as: “02810” and “Villers-Cotterets”
- Location: Arrondissement of Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.2531° or 49° 15′ 11″ northLongitude
3.09° or 3° 5′ 24″ eastPopulation
10,700Elevation
132 metres (433 feet)Open location code
8FX5733R+62GeoNames ID
6425320
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In Other Languages
“Villers-Cotterêts” goes by many names.
- French: “Villers-Cotterêts”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Château de Villers-Cotterêts and Villers-Cotterets Railway Station.
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