Chamant
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
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Chamant (French pronunciation: [ʃamɑ̃]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
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The church in Chamant | |
 Location of Chamant | |
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| Coordinates: 49°13′14″N 2°36′42″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Senlis |
| Canton | Senlis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Charrier[1] |
Area 1 | 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,043 |
| • Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60138 /60300 |
| Elevation | 57–117 m (187–384 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is situated about 50 km to the north of Paris, and just 2 km to the northeast of Senlis.
Literature
The town figured in the anti-Semitic novel The Jew of Chamant, published in 1898 by George H. D. Gossip under the pseudonym "Ivan Trepoff".
