Bicester
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 54 ′ N , 1 ° 9 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SP5822 | ||
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| Residents | 28,672 (as of 2001) | ||
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| Post town | BICESTER | ||
| ZIP code section | OX25 - 27 | ||
| prefix | 01869 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South East England | ||
| Shire county | Oxfordshire | ||
| District | Cherwell | ||
| Civil Parish | Bicester | ||
| British Parliament | Banbury | ||
| Website: Bicester Town Council | |||
Bicester [ ˈbɪstər ] is a civil parish in north-east Oxfordshire in England .
The Bicester Airfield , formerly a military airport , is now a site of the British Army . With RAF Upper Heyford there was another military airfield a few kilometers northwest.
history
The first settlements go back to the Kingdom of Wessex in the sixth century . A little further south the two Roman roads crossed Stratton (Audley) Road and Akeman Street . The current name goes back to the 17th century and was only one of 45 variants at that time.
Twin cities
| country | local community |
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 France
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Les Essarts in western France |
 Poland
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Czernichów in southern Poland |
 Germany
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Neunkirchen-Seelscheid near Bonn |
 Italy
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Novi Ligure in Northern Italy |