Longpont () is a commune in the

Aisne Aisne ( , ; ; ) is a French departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne (river), Aisne. In 2020, it had a population of 529,374. Geography The department borders No ...

department in

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in northern

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. It is around 13 km southwest of

Soissons Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital ...

, and around 75 km northeast of

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. As at 2018 it has a population of 255. The former

Longpont Abbey Longpont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Longpont) was a Cistercian monastery, in present-day Longpont, Aisne, France. It existed from 1131 to 1793, being founded by monks from the abbey of Clairvaux, at the behest of Jocelin of Soissons. There is n ...

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.

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