Pont Saint Maxans

The settlement at the bridge over Oise was first mentioned in the chronicles of the times of King Theodorich III and was called Pont (Pont, bridge). A severe flood of 1658 destroyed the feudal castle, which stood on an island in the middle of the Oise. After that, the island began to shift and, ultimately, clung to the left bank of the river.

The city owes its current name to the legend of Princess Maxans, daughter of the Scottish king. She wanted to devote herself to the ministry of the church, but was promised to a noble pagan named Avicin. Trying to avoid persecution, she, along with the maid, crossed to France and settled by the Oise River. Nevertheless, Evicen managed to track her down and tried to force Maxans to return to him. When Maxans refused, he grabbed her hair and chopped off her head. Further, the legend says that the body of the holy virgin rose from the earth, took up her head and went with her to the burial place, where the St. Maxans church currently stands.

In 1826, the neighboring villages of Les Ages and Plessis-Villet were included in the commune of Pont-Saint-Maxans, but after 7 years, Les Ages regained their independence. In 1951, the villages of Sarron and Villet were annexed to the commune.

A bridge over the Oise in this place has existed since the time of the Merovingians. It was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt. The medieval bridge was destroyed in 1914, rebuilt after the war, but again destroyed in 1940. The existing bridge on which the A1 motorway passes was erected in 1949.

• Church of St. Maxans of the XV-XVI centuries in the style of flaming Gothic with a bell tower of the XVI century in the Renaissance style
• Church of Saint Lucien in Sarron - 11th century Romanesque building
• Chateau de Villet of the beginning of the XX century - currently private property, unavailable for visits
• Bridge over Oise
• The surviving part of the 17th century windmill
• City Hall

Employment structure:

• agriculture - 0.2%
• industry - 18.1%
• construction - 2.9%
• trade, transport and services - 40.5%
• state and municipal services - 38.3%

The unemployment rate ( 2014 ) is 19.4% (France as a whole - 13.5%, the Oise department - 13.7%).
The average annual income per person, euro ( 2013 ) - 18 518 (France as a whole - 20 185, the Oise department - 20 633).

Since 2014, the post of mayor of Pont Saint Maxans has been occupied by the member of the Republican Party Arnaud Dumontier, a member of the Council of the Oise department of the canton of Pont Saint Maxans . In the 2014 municipal elections, the right-wing bloc headed by him won in the 2nd round, gaining 39.19% of the vote and ahead of two blocs, including the left-wing led by current mayor Michel Delma.

Population dynamics, people

•   Ovle , Belgium
•   Sulzbach , Germany
•   Grignasco , Italy
•   Felgeiras , Portugal
•   Linger , Senegal

• Roman Borinje (1973), actress

• National Institute of Statistics
• 2014 municipal election results

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  St Maxans Church

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  Church of Saint Lucien

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  Chateau de Villette (photograph of the beginning of the XX century)

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  Bridge over Oise

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  View of the embankment of Pesheri on the right bank of the Oise

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  The surviving part of the wall of an old building of the Templars

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  17th century mill

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  Remains of a 13th-century fort