Oise department
Oise | |
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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
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
- Oise department (French)
- Prefecture of the Oise department (French)
Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ' N , 2 ° 6' E