Longpont | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Longpont 02.svg |
Arrondissement: | Soissons |
Canton: | Villers-Cotterêts |
Insee: | 02438 |
Postal Code: | 02600 |
Mayor: | Gilles Davalan[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 49.2736°N 3.2214°W |
Elevation M: | 85 |
Elevation Min M: | 77 |
Elevation Max M: | 152 |
Area Km2: | 10.94 |
Longpont (in French pronounced as /lɔ̃pɔ̃/) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is around 13 km southwest of Soissons, and around 75 km northeast of Paris. As at 2018 it has a population of 255. The former Longpont Abbey is situated in the commune.
On 8 January 2015 the town was locked down in the search for the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.