Mortefontaine | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason mortefontaine 60.svg |
Arrondissement: | Senlis |
Canton: | Senlis |
Intercommunality: | CC de l'Aire Cantilienne |
Demonym: | Mortifontain |
Insee: | 60432 |
Postal Code: | 60128 |
Mayor: | Jacques Fabre[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 49.1131°N 2.6003°W |
Elevation M: | 93 |
Elevation Min M: | 60 |
Elevation Max M: | 203 |
Area Km2: | 15.29 |
Mortefontaine (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Oise department in Northern France.
The 17th-century Château de Mortefontaine was bought by Joseph Bonaparte,[2] 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.