Longpont

Longpont
Ruins of the abbey
Coat of arms
Longpont
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Longpont
Coordinates: 49°16′25″N 3°13′17″E / 49.2736°N 3.2214°E / 49.2736; 3.2214Coordinates: 49°16′25″N 3°13′17″E / 49.2736°N 3.2214°E / 49.2736; 3.2214
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Soissons
Canton	Villers-Cotterêts
Intercommunality	Villers-Cotterêts–Forêt de Retz
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Necaille
Area1	10.94 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	292
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	02438 / 02600
Elevation	77–152 m (253–499 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 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.

Longpont is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is around 13 km southwest of Soissons, and around 75 km northeast of Paris. As at 2012 it has a population of 292.

On 8 January 2015 the town was locked down in the search for the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.