Compiègne is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called Compiégnois.

Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Canton	Compiègne-1 and 2
Government
Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Marini
Area1	53.1 km2 (20.5 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)	40,199
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Geography 

Location 

The city of Compiègne is located downstream from the confluence of the rivers Oise and Aisne , in the department of Oise . It constitutes the third urban area, with 98,418 inhabitants.

The city is located less than an hour by motorway from Paris and around 40 minutes from Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport .

In the south-east extends the national forest of Compiègne .

The city is located at the limits of Valois and Soissonnais , the natural junction point of the three geographical and cultural areas of Picardy , Champagne and Île-de-France .

Economy 

In 1996, the city acquired the L’Européen Parc business district .

The Mercières district, located to the south of the city, is home to many businesses across a vast area of ​​tertiary and industrial activity.

The largest aluminum recycling center in France is located at Compiègne. This center has 5 ovens which employ 84 people for the company Regial Affimet.

Education

Higher education

The Compiègne University of Technology (UTC), a large public engineering school, which offers general training in the fields of mechanics, biology, IT, industrial processes and urban systems is located in Compiègne , just like the Ecole supérieure de commerce de Compiègne and the Ecole supérieure de chimie bio et minérale (ESCOM).

In addition, Compiègne includes one of the three preparatory classes for the grandes écoles (CPGE) of Picardy with those of the lycée Louis-Thuillier d ‘ Amiens and those of the lycée Marie-Curie of Nogent-sur-Oise , present since the 1980s in Pierre-d’Ailly high school .

Health 

Compiègne has a public hospital center with an emergency center, a medicine center, a surgery center and an intensive care unit.

The City also has the Polyclinique Saint-Côme, the first clinic in Picardy. The Nephron, a building specializing in kidney disease, is adjacent to the clinic.

The hospital center has a CIMA (Advanced Medical Imaging Center), which notably performs scintigraphies .

Local Culture and Heritage 

Cultural events and festivities 

• Palais en Jazz , a jazz festival , takes place the last weekend of June at the Château de Compiègne . 
• Each year the Imaginarium Festival takes place , a festival bringing together electro-rock artists, organized by an association made up mainly of students from Compiègne.
• Les Notes bleues
• The Festival du Muguet 
• The Joan of Arc Festivities 

Places and monuments 

Civil heritage 

Thirty elements of the civil heritage of Compiègne are protected as historical monuments , three of which have disappeared: a half-timbered house , the Jeanne-d’Arc bridge and the sign of the Auberge des Trois-Lurons. Only three monuments are listed, namely the castle, the town hall and the Agincourt hotel, rue Fournier-Sarlovèze. Fifteen protected objects are dwellings or buildings, the interest of which usually lies more in their historical importance than in their architecture. A large number of remarkable mansions and half-timbered houses are neither listed.Main articles: Château de Compiègne , Town hall of Compiègne , Clairière de l’Armistice , Imperial Theater of Compiègne and Camp de Royallieu .

• Château de Compiègne
• City Hall , site of the Hotel de Ville
• Imperial Theater of Compiègne ,
• City walls , garden Remparts, impasse des Fosses / Rue des Fosses (listed historical monument by order of 23 May 195 )
• Villa Marcot, 16 avenue Thiers (listed as a historical monument by decree of December 16, 1986 ): Work of the architect Henri Sauvage from 1907.
• Tudor scattered around the old city center, including the house “Old Cassine” in part xv ^th  century, 10 Rue des Lombards, and the house “Le Bouchon” of the xvii ^th  century, 2 place Austerlitz listed as historical monuments by decrees of October 9, 1970 and August 22, 1949 .
• Former salt granary, 46 place du Changé (facade on the street listed as a historic monument by decree of January 16, 1946 )
• Jeanne-d’Arc Tower, between rue d’Austerlitz and rue Jeanne-d’Arc (listed as a historical monument by decree of May 30, 1927)
• Former Saint-Joseph hospital, 37 rue Saint-Joseph (listed as a historic monument by decree of 5 September 1946
• Dovecote of the old farm of Royallieu abbey (listed as a historic monument by decree of 22 August 1949 )
• Haras national de Compiègne , rue de la Procession
• Compiègne Forest
• National Necropolis of Royallieu , French military cemetery of the First World War which contains 3,257 bodies including 264 in ossuaries.

Religious heritage 

• Saint-Jacques Church.
• Saint-Antoine Church.
• Former church of Saint-Pierre des Minimes.
• Cloister of Saint-Corneille abbey.
• Former Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Nicolas-du-Pont.

• Convent of the Jacobins.
• Clamart cemetery.
• Gatehouse of Royallieu Abbey.
• Saint-Corneille Chapel.
• Sainte-Thérèse Church.

Museums 

• Château de Compiègne , with historic apartments of xviii ^th  century, the First Empire and the Second Empire  ; 
• Musée Antoine Vivenel , Austerlitz Street / Street Billy;
• Cloister museum of the former Saint-Corneille abbey , rue Saint-Corneille;
• Museum of historical figure , instead of the City Hall (access is located just to the right, under a porch topped by a coat of arms imposing  );
• Saint-Pierre des Minimes cultural center , rue des Minimes: the city of Compiègne offers free exhibitions in the old church, which was built between 1130 and 1160 as a chapel of a priory dependent on the Saint-Corneille abbey;
• Memorial of the Royallieu camp , avenue des Martyrs de la Liberation:
• The Armistice clearing in the forest of Compiegne , with the Armistice wagon in the museum of the Armistice.

Sports 

The Putois racecourse is located in Compiègne where it hosts flat, obstacle and trotting races. The Grand Parc equestrian stadium hosts many equestrian competitions. Clubs:

• The Compiègnois BaseBall Club
• The Rugby club compiégnois or RC Compiègne
•  the Association Football Club de Compiègne 
•  the rowing club has remained in the first division (SNC) since 1933 ;
•  the Stade Compiégnois Basket-Ball women’s basketball team has been playing in National 3 for several seasons.
• The Paris-Roubaix cycling race starts from Compiègne.