Complex sentence: Noyon (Latin: Noviomagus Veromanduorum) is a small (14471 inhabitants in 1990) but historic French town in the Oise "département", Picardie, on the Oise Canal, approximately 60 miles north of Paris.
Split into simpler sentences: Noyon (Latin: Noviomagus Veromanduorum) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It lies on the Oise Canal, approximately 60 miles north of Paris.