Fontaine-Lavaganne

Fontaine-Lavaganne
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department (No)	Oise (60)
Arrondissement	Beauvais
Canton	Grandvilliers
Community association	Picardy verte
Coordinates	49° 36′ N, 1° 57′ E49.5991666666671.9555555555556Coordinates 49° 36′ N, 1° 57′ O
Height	115–186 m
Area	6.76 km²
Inhabitants	509 (January 1, 2018)
Population density	75 inhabitants/km²
Postal code	60690
INSEE code	60242
The Church

Fontaine-Lavaganne is a commune in France with 509 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2018) in the Oise department in the Hauts-de-France region. The commune is located in the arrondissement of Beauvais and is part of the Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte and the canton of Grandvilliers.

Geography

The railway station in the interwar period

The commune is located on the former Route nationale 1 and the railway line from Le Tréport to Beauvais, about two and a half kilometres north of Marseille-en-Beauvaisis; the stop has not been served since 2007. The commune includes the hamlets of Haute-Fontaine and Verte-Fontaine.

Inhabitants

Places of interest

• Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, a brick building from 1676^[1]
• Chapel Notre-Dame du Bon Secours in the cemetery
• Castle from the 14th century

Personalities

• Anne de Pisseleu d’Heilly (c. 1508-after 1552), mistress of King Francis I, born at the castle

Individual references

1. ↑ https://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/60/accueil_60242.htm

Web links

Commons: Fontaine-Lavaganne– Collection of images, videos and audio files