Chantilly, Oise
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Chantilly is a commune in the Oise department in the Valley of the Nonette in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France. Surrounded by Chantilly Forest, the town of 10,863 inhabitants (2017) falls within the metropolitan area of Paris. It lies 38.4 km north-northeast of the centre of Paris and together with six neighbouring communes forms an urban area of 37,254 inhabitants (2018).
The Château de Chantilly, completed in 1882, houses the Institut de France's Musée Condé.
The Canardière on the Nonette
Canal of the Machine
The Château de Chantilly seen from the road north of town
Prix du Jockey Club
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The Prix du Jockey Club, sometimes referred to as the French Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,100 metres each year in early June.
Assert, oil on canvas Painting by Bob Demuyser (1920–2003)