Verberie

Verberie
Coat of arms
Verberie
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Verberie
Coordinates: 49°18′40″N 2°43′56″E / 49.3111°N 2.7322°E / 49.3111; 2.7322Coordinates: 49°18′40″N 2°43′56″E / 49.3111°N 2.7322°E / 49.3111; 2.7322
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Senlis
Canton	Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Intercommunality	Basse Automne
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Patrick Floury
Area1	15.05 km2 (5.81 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	4,062
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	60667 / 60410
Elevation	30–125 m (98–410 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Verberie is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

It lies 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Compiègne on the main road to Senlis and Paris. The railway station is on the line from Compiegne to Crépy-en-Valois. It has an average income of €20,442 (1999). The inhabitants are known as Sautriauts.

During the First World War it was the scene of fighting on the 1 September 1914, and in 1918. The village has several war cemeteries including the Verberie French National Cemetery which contains the graves of 3,221 French soldiers (of whom 2,339 are unidentified), 52 servicemen from the United Kingdom, and one Canadian cavalryman.

On 1 October 856 Judith, the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Bald, married Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, in Verberie.

It was the birthplace of author and feminist Juliette Adam.

Palais carolingien

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church

Saint-Germain Manor

Town hall

château d'Aramont

LGV Nord viaduct