Néry

Néry (French pronunciation: [neʁi]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

Néry
Commune
The manor of Huleux in Néry
The manor of Huleux in Néry
Location of Néry
Néry is located in France
Néry
Néry
Néry is located in Hauts-de-France
Néry
Néry
Coordinates: 49°16′56″N 2°46′45″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentOise
ArrondissementSenlis
CantonCrépy-en-Valois
IntercommunalityCA Région de Compiègne et Basse Automne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Claude Picart[1]
Area
1
16.34 km2 (6.31 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
651
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
60447 /60320
Elevation37–154 m (121–505 ft)
(avg. 101 m or 331 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune includes the hamlets of Huleux, Vaucelles, and Verrines. The Church of Saint-Martin in Néry dates from 1140 with later additions. The Manoir de Huleux was built in 1550.[3] In 719 AD, Néry was the scene of a battle in which Charles Martel defeated the Neustrians. At the start of World War I in 1914, a delaying action was fought in the village by part of the British Expeditionary Force.

The Affair at Néry
Main article: Affair at Néry
The Néry Gun at the Imperial War Museum, London

At dawn on 1 September 1914, the British 1st Cavalry Brigade and L Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery who had bivouacked at Néry, were surprised by the advancing German 4th Cavalry Division. The German attack was supported by 12 guns which devastated the British battery. However a single 13 pounder gun was kept firing, and together with the rifles and machine-guns of the Queen's Bays,[4] held off the Germans long enough for elements of the 1st and 4th Cavalry Brigade to counterattack and drive away the attackers in disorder. The German division was withdrawn to the reserve corps; there were 135 British casualties.[5] Three Victoria Crosses were awarded to L Battery (Edward Kinder Bradbury, George Thomas Dorrell and David Nelson), and the "Néry Gun" is preserved in the Imperial War Museum.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. "Nery - Communauté de Communes de la Basse Automne". Archived from the original on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  4. "World War One - Part 1". www.qdg.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 March 2006.
  5. Mons 1914: the BEF's Tactical Triumph by David Lomas and Ed Dovey, Osprey Publishing, 1997 pp. 83-85.
  6. ""The Affair at Néry"".
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