Val-d'Oise
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Val-d'Oise | |
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Coat of arms of the Val-d'Oise department | |
Location | |
Administration | |
Department number: | 95 |
Region: | Île-de-France |
Prefecture: | Pontoise |
Subprefectures: | Argenteuil Sarcelles |
Arrondissements: | 3 |
Cantons: | 39 |
Communes: | 185 |
President of the General Council: | Didier Arnal PS |
Statistics | |
Population | Ranked 16th |
-Jan 1, 2006 estimate -March 8, 1999 census |
1,153,497 1,105,464 |
Population density: | 926/km² |
Land area¹: | 1,246 km² |
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
Val-d'Oise is a French department named after the Oise River, located in the Île-de-France region. Charles de Gaulle International Airport, France's main international airport is partially located in Roissy-en-France, a commune of Val d'Oise.
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[edit] History
Val-d'Oise was created when the former departments Seine and Seine-et-Oise were broken up into six departments in 1968.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Immigration
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[edit] Largest communes
In descending order, the largest communes (over 25,000 population as of the 1999 census) are: Argenteuil, Sarcelles, Cergy, Garges-lès-Gonesse, Franconville, Ermont, Pontoise, Goussainville, Bezons, Villiers-le-Bel, Taverny, and Sannois.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Val-d'Oise department
- Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
- Arrondissements of the Val-d'Oise department
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (French) Website of the General council
- (French) Prefecture website