Noyon

/ nwajɔ̃ /

noun

a town in N France: scene of the coronations of Charlemagne (768) and Hugh Capet (987); birthplace of John Calvin. Pop: 14 471 (1999)

Born in 1794, the seventh child of an insignificant bourgeois of Noyon.

It is a noticeable fact that Picardy (Arras and Noyon) furnished both these instruments of reformation!

More refugees were coming into the town in a long dismal procession from Chauny and Ham and Noyon and scores of smaller places.

Regiments were being rushed up to the centre of the allied forces toward Creil, Montdidier, and Noyon.

Noyon is not down in the itineraries of many guide-book tourists, which is a pity for them.

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