Noyon

Noyon is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It lies on the Oise Canal approximately a 100 kilometers north of Paris. The Gallo Romans primarily based the city as noviomagus. As sever one of a kind towns shared the decision, it became outstanding through specifying the human beings living in and round it. The city is stated within the Antoine Itinerary as being 27 Roman miles from Soissons and 34 Roman miles from Amiens however d Annville stated that the distance must be in errors, Amiens being further and Soissons closer than indicated.

By the middle ages, the metropolis Latin name had mutated to noviomum. The metropolis have become strongly fortified some sections of the Roman walls despite the fact that remained in late antiquity. This can also offer a reason of why across the 365 days 531, bishop Menards moved his seat from Vermand inside the Vermandois to Noyon. Another preference become to transport his seat to Saint Quentin however the wine produced in Noyon changed into idea to be a whole lot higher than that produced in Saint Quentin.