Noyon

Noyon, a town in the French department of Oise, 67 miles NNE. of Paris by rail. It has a fine cathedral in the Transition style of the 12th century, an hôtel-de-ville (1485-1523), and a former episcopal palace. Pop. 5753. The Noviodunum of Cæsar, Noyon was a residence of Charlemagne and Hugo Capet, and the birthplace of Calvin. See Lefranc, Histoire de Noyon (Paris, 1888).