Villers-Cotterêts
Villers-Cotterêts | |
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Main square with a statue of Alexandre Dumas père and church | |
Location of Villers-Cotterêts | |
| Coordinates: 49°15′36″N 3°05′26″E / 49.26°N 3.0906°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Soissons |
| Canton | Villers-Cotterêts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Franck Briffaut (RN) |
Area 1 | 41.71 km2 (16.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 10,376 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (640/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02810 /02600 |
| Elevation | 65–226 m (213–741 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 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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Villers-Cotterêts (pronounced [vilɛʁ kɔt(ə)ʁɛ]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, France. It is notable as the signing-place in 1539 of the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts discontinuing the use of Latin in official French documents, and as the birthplace in 1802 of French novelist Alexandre Dumas père.