Éragny
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val d'Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Pontoise | |
| Canton | Cergy-2 | |
| Community association | Cergy-Pontoise | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ E | |
| height | 22-56 m | |
| surface | 4.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 17,354 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,677 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 95610 | |
| INSEE code | 95218 | |
| Website | http://www.eragny.fr | |
 Éragny Town Hall |
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Éragny (also called Éragny-sur-Oise ) is a French commune with 17,354 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department in north-west Paris . It is about 30 km from the center of Paris, is in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise and belongs to the canton of Cergy-2 . The inhabitants are called Éragniens or Éragniennes .
geography
Éragny is located on the Oise and belongs to the ville nouvelle of Cergy-Pointoise. The municipalities that surround Éragny are Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône to the north, Herblay-sur-Seine to the east, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine to the south, and Neuville-sur-Oise to the south-west . Éragny is bordered by Cergy to the west and Pontoise to the northwest .
history
The community was called Heriniacus or Aeriniacus in the early Middle Ages. Until the 19th century Éragny had no more than 500 inhabitants. When the rail network was connected in the 20th century, the number of inhabitants rose considerably.
politics
Community partnerships
Éragny has partnerships with the following cities and municipalities:
- Munster (Örtze) , Lower Saxony, Germany
- Komló , Hungary
- Nioko , Burkina Faso
coat of arms
Blazon : “In blue a golden St. Andrew's cross , angled in the head of the shield with a golden lily , in the flanks with two pole-wise, averted silver snails and in the base of the shield with a stylized silver river loop (Oise), in the middle with a label, inside in green two stylized silver palm trees leaning against each other over a silver, lined left-sloping wave bar. "
Attractions
- 19th century wash house
traffic
In addition to the railway, the city is crossed by Route nationale 184 , which intersects with the A15 Autoroute immediately after the municipal boundary in the north .
Personalities
- Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 135-139.
