Villers-Cotterêts
Also known as Villers-Cotterets
comuna francesa
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Villers-Cotterêts is a small town in northern France that holds two important places in French history: it was where the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts was signed in 1539, establishing French as the official language for legal documents instead of Latin, and it was the birthplace of the famous novelist Alexandre Dumas père in 1802. These events make it significant for both the development of the French language and French literature.
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- Locality
- Villers-Cotterêts
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 10,068
Article · Português
Villers-Cotterêts é uma comuna francesa na região administrativa de Altos da França, no departamento de Aisne. Estende-se por uma área de 41,71 km². Em 2010 a comuna tinha 11 104 habitantes (densidade: 266,2 hab./km²). O escritor Alexandre Dumas, pai nasceu e cresceu em Villers-Cotterêts.
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