Haramont

Haramont
Commune
The church of Haramont
Haramont Location within Hauts-de-France region Haramont
Coordinates: 49°16′44″N 3°03′45″E / 49.2789°N 3.0625°E / 49.2789; 3.0625Coordinates: 49°16′44″N 3°03′45″E / 49.2789°N 3.0625°E / 49.2789; 3.0625
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Soissons
Canton	Villers-Cotterêts
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gerard Bouchonville
Area1	12.24 km2 (4.73 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	605
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	02368 /02600
Elevation	75–243 m (246–797 ft) (avg. 138 m or 453 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Haramont is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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

Alexandre Dumas, lived in the Manoir des Fossés during his youth. His novels Ange Pitou and Le Meneur de loups (The Wolf Leader) are set partly in the commune.

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