Breteuil () or Breteuil-sur-Noye (, literally ''Breteuil on

Noye The Noye (; pcd, Noée) is a river in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. The Noye is located in the northern part of the Picard plateau. It is the left tributary of the Avre river, which is itself a left tributary of the Somme. T ...

'') is a

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in the

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...

department in northern

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. It is located in the

valley.

Law of Breteuil

The Duke of Normandy gave a charter to Breteuil guaranteeing it many freedoms. After the Norman conquest of England and later the

Norman Conquest of Ireland The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanc ...

, the "law of Breteuil" was granted to many towns in those countries.

Population

Its inhabitants are calles ''Brituliens''.

Law of Breteuil

Population

See also