Fontaine-Chaalis

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Location of Fontaine-Chaalis

(2020–2026) Alexis Patria^[1]Area

33.11 km² (12.78 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

328 • Density9.9/km² (26/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

60241 /60300

Elevation62–123 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.

Fontaine-Chaalis (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn ʃali]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

On 3 March 1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed within the political boundaries of the commune, in the state-owned Ermenonville Forest.^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Accident Details." Accident to Turkish Airlines DC-10 TC-JAV in the Ermenonville Forest on 3 March 1974 Final Report Archived 2 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. French State Secretariat for Transport. 1. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.