Mortefontaine, Oise
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
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Mortefontaine (French pronunciation: [mɔʁt(ə)fɔ̃tɛn]) is a commune in the Oise department in Northern France.
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| Coordinates: 49°06′47″N 2°36′01″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Senlis |
| Canton | Senlis |
| Intercommunality | CC de l'Aire Cantilienne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Fabre[1] |
Area 1 | 15.29 km2 (5.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 834 |
| • Density | 54.5/km2 (141/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Mortifontain |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60432 /60128 |
| Elevation | 60–203 m (197–666 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The 17th-century Château de Mortefontaine was bought by Joseph Bonaparte,[3] elder brother of Napoléon Bonaparte, in 1798. The Convention of 1800 (also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine), a friendship treaty between France and the United States, was signed in the castle. The preliminaries of the 1802 Peace of Amiens were also negotiated there.
