Oise department

Oise
region	Hauts-de-France
prefecture	Beauvais
Sub-prefecture (s)	Clermont Compiègne Senlis
Residents	824,503 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	141 inhabitants per km²
surface	5,859.77 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	22nd
Cantons	21st
Communities	679
President of the Department Council	Nadège Lefebvre ( LR )
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-60
Location of the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France

The Oise [ waz ] is the French department with the atomic number 60. It is in the north of the country in the region Hauts-de-France and is named after the river Oise named. The official name is formed according to French language usage with a genitive: Département de l'Oise .

geography

The Oise department borders the Somme department to the north, the Aisne department to the east, the Seine-et-Marne and Val-d'Oise departments to the south, and the Eure and Seine-Maritime departments to the west .

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from parts of the provinces of Picardy and Île-de-France .

From 1960 to 2015 it was part of the Picardy region , which in 2016 became part of the Hauts-de-France region.

coat of arms

Description: Divided into gold and blue by white left diagonal bars are three blue diagonal bars at the top and golden lilies sown below .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Oise department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Beauvais	56,254	Beauvais
Compiègne	40.199	Compiègne
Creil	35,657	Senlis
Nogent-sur-Oise	20,033
Crépy-en-Valois	15,090
Méru	14,614	Beauvais
Senlis	14,277	Senlis
Noyon	13,519	Compiègne
Montataire	13,263	Senlis
Pont-Sainte-Maxence	12,209

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Oise department

The Oise department is divided into 4 arrondissements , 21 cantons and 679 communes :

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Beauvais	7th	245	229.920	2,099.45	110	601
Clermont	7th	146	130,299	1,141.68	114	602
Compiègne	5	156	182,447	1,274.49	143	603
Senlis	9	132	281,837	1,344.15	210	604
Oise department	21st	679	824.503	5,859.77	141	60

See also:

• List of communes in the Oise department
• List of cantons in the Oise department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Oise department

Web links

Commons : Département Oise  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Oise department (French)
• Prefecture of the Oise department (French)

Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '  N , 2 ° 6'  E