Haramont

Haramont
Haramont
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Haramont
Coordinates: 49°16′44″N 3°03′45″E / 49.2789°N 3.0625°ECoordinates: 49°16′44″N 3°03′45″E / 49.2789°N 3.0625°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Soissons
Canton	Villers-Cotterêts
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gerard Bouchonville
Area^1	12.24 km^2 (4.73 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	605
• Density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	02368 / 02600
Elevation	75–243 m (246–797 ft) (avg. 138 m or 453 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Haramont is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	383	—
1968	359	−6.3%
1975	393	+9.5%
1982	441	+12.2%
1990	518	+17.5%
1999	573	+10.6%
2008	605	+5.6%

Sights

Haramont has 17 historical monuments listed in the French Ministry of Culture database.^[1] Most notable are:

• Saint-Clément parish church The church contains pictures noted for their workmanship. The church was classified as a monument historique in 1919.^[2]
• The priory of Longpré, whose origins date back to the 12th century, classified since 1995.^[3]
• Le Manoir des Fossés, in the route de la vallée de Baudrimont, dates back to the 16th century, classified since 2003.^[4]
• The menhir called La Pierre-Clouise in the Forest of Retz, classified since 1889.^[5]

Personalities linked to the commune

Alexandre Dumas, lived in the Manoir des Fossés during his youth. His novels Ange Pitou and Le Meneur de loups (The Wolf Leader) are set partly in the commune.

In the introduction to Le Meneur de loups, he writes:

« Du plus loin qu’il me souvienne, c’est-à-dire de l’âge de trois ans, nous habitions, mon père, ma mère et moi, un petit château nommé les Fossés, situé sur les limites des départements de l’Aisne et de l’Oise, entre Haramont et Longpré. »

("As far back as I remember, that is to say from the age of three years, we lived, my father, my mother and me, in a small château called les Fossés, situated on the border of the départements of l’Aisne and l’Oise, between Haramont and Longpré.")

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

• INSEE

1. Ministry of Culture listing for Haramont Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)
2. Ministry of Culture listing - Eglise Paroissiale Saint-Clément Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)
3. Ministry of Culture listing - Ancien prieuré de Longpré Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)
4. Ministry of Culture listing Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)
5. Ministry of Culture listing - Menhir dit La Pierre-Clouise Accessed 21 November 2010 (French)