Longpont
Longpont | |
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Ruins of the abbey | |
Location of Longpont | |
| Coordinates: 49°16′25″N 3°13′17″E / 49.2736°N 3.2214°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Soissons |
| Canton | Villers-Cotterêts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilles Davalan |
Area 1 | 10.94 km2 (4.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 237 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02438 /02600 |
| Elevation | 77–152 m (253–499 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Longpont (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃pɔ̃]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is around 13 km southwest of Soissons, and around 75 km northeast of Paris. As at 2018 it has a population of 255. The former Longpont Abbey is situated in the commune.
On 8 January 2015 the town was locked down in the search for the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.