Fontaine-Chaalis
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
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Fontaine-Chaalis (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn ʃali]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
Fontaine-Chaalis | |
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The town hall in Fontaine-Chaalis | |
 Location of Fontaine-Chaalis | |
  Fontaine-Chaalis Location within France  Fontaine-Chaalis Location within Hauts-de-France | |
| Coordinates: 49°10′19″N 2°41′03″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Senlis |
| Canton | Nanteuil-le-Haudouin |
| Intercommunality | Senlis Sud Oise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alexis Patria[1] |
Area 1 | 33.11 km2 (12.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 318 |
| • Density | 9.60/km2 (24.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60241 /60300 |
| Elevation | 62–123 m (203–404 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
On 3 March 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, crashed within the political boundaries of the commune, in the state-owned Ermenonville Forest.[3]
