Haramont is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Aisne

Aisne

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 department in Picardy

Picardy

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 in northern France

France

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Sights

Haramont has 17 historical monuments listed in the French Ministry of Culture database. Most notable are:

• Saint-Clément parish church The church contains pictures noted for their workmanship. The church was classified as a monument historique
  Monument historique
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  in 1919.

• The priory of Longpré, whose origins date back to the 12th century, classified since 1995.

• Le Manoir des Fossés, in the route de la vallée de Baudrimont, dates back to the 16th century, classified since 2003.

• The menhir
  Menhir
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   called La Pierre-Clouise in the Retz forest, classified since 1889.

Personalities linked to the commune

Alexandre Dumas, lived in the Manoir des Fossés during his youth. His novels Ange Pitou and Le Meneur de loups

The Wolf Leader

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(The Wolf Leader) are set partly in the commune.

In the introduction to Le Meneur de loups, he writes:

« Du plus loin qu’il me souvienne, c’est-à-dire de l’âge de trois ans, nous habitions, mon père, ma mère et moi, un petit château nommé les Fossés, situé sur les limites des départements de l’Aisne et de l’Oise, entre Haramont et Longpré. »