Compiègne

American  

[kawn-pyen-y^uh] / kɔ̃ˈpyɛn yə /

noun

1. a city in N France, on the Oise River: nearby were signed the armistices between the Allies and Germany 1918, and between Germany and France 1940.

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Compiègne British  

/ kɔ̃pjɛɲ /

noun

1. a city in N France, on the Oise River: scene of the armistice at the end of World War I (1918) and of the Franco-German armistice of 1940. Pop: 41 254 (1999)

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Example Sentences

After my husband and I spent a week in the Compiègne Forest visiting the armistice train carriage, we found it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2023

France’s president Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, clasped hands yesterday at a solemn ceremony at Compiègne as they marked the centenary of the armistice signing.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2018

The concert comes as French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the town of Compiègne in northern France, where the Allies and Germany signed the Armistice.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2018

The armistice was signed in a railroad car in the Compiègne Forest, north of Paris.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2018

The Committee published the despatches that had passed between it and the commander of Compiègne, to this effect: "The German troops will remain passive so long as Paris does not take a hostile attitude."

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.