What is Crépy-en-Valois?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Crépy-en-Valois |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Crépy-en-Valois - église Saint-Denis.JPG |caption = Church of [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint Denis]] |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Crepy-en-valois 60.svg |arrondissement = Senlis |canton = Crépy-en-Valois |INSEE = 60176 |postal code = |mayor = Arnaud Foubert |term = |intercommunality = Pays de Valois |coordinates = {{coord|49.2358|2.89|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation min m = 62 |elevation max m = 150 |elevation m = |area km2 = 16.28 |population = 14514 |population date = 2012 }} '''Crépy-en-Valois''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Hauts-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]] in the [[Oise]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the north of [[France]]. The two listed historical monuments are the Saint-Thomas-de-Canterbury collegiate church and the Porte de Paris. The first one goes back to its oldest elements in the 12th century, when the city prospered under the guidance of the Dukes of Valois. The second one dates from 1788-1792 and is located rue Charles de Gaulle.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crépy-en-Valois - Tourism, Holidays & Weekends|url=http://crepy-en-valois-22591.htm/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=France-Voyage.com|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> == History == The origins of the city of Crépy-en-Valois remain uncertain. During 10th century, the first lords of Crépy fortified the area, this rocky promontory overlooking the streams of Taillandiers and Sainte- Agathe. The castrum didn't stop developing since then: firstly under the impetus of the Counts of Amiens Valois, who founded the Abbey Saint Arnoul in 1008, then with the Counts of Vermandois, particularly Philip d'Alsace and his wife Elizabeth who founded in 1182 in the suburbs a collegiate dedica