Val-d'Oise department

Val d'Oise
region	Île-de-France
prefecture	Pontoise (administrative headquarters: Cergy )
Sub-prefecture (s)	Argenteuil Pontoise Sarcelles
Residents	1,228,618 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	987 inhabitants per km²
surface	1,245.36 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	13
Cantons	21st
Communities	184
President of the Department Council	Arnaud Bazin
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-95
Location of the department of Val-d'Oise in the region of Ile-de-France

The Val-d'Oise [ valdwaːz ] ( German  " Oise Valley " ) is the French department with the atomic number 95. It is in the Region Ile-de-France in the Paris region and is named after the river Oise named.

geography

The Val-d'Oise department extends to the north-west and north of the greater Paris area. It borders the Oise department to the north, the Seine-et-Marne department to the east, the Seine-Saint-Denis , Hauts-de-Seine and Yvelines departments to the south, and the Eure department to the west .

West of Pontoise is a rural region, while the area between the eponymous river valley of the Oise and the international airport Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle on the eastern edge of the department is part of the densely populated agglomeration of Paris.

coat of arms

Description : In red, surrounded by a blue border with ten golden lilies , a silver oblique left wavy bar accompanied by a golden Alérion at the top and a golden wall anchor cross at the bottom .

history

The department was created in 1968 when the Seine-et-Oise department was divided into smaller departments. The order number 95 therefore differs from the alphabetical order .

In 2000, the arrondissement Montmorency was renamed the Arrondissement Sarcelles by relocating the main town and the change of location was completed in 2004 with the move of the sub-prefecture.

Cities

The most populous communes in the Val-d'Oise department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Argenteuil	110.210	Argenteuil
Cergy	65,177	Pontoise
Sarcelles	58,587	Sarcelles
Garges-lès-Gonesse	42,728	Sarcelles
Franconville	36,762	Pontoise
Goussainville	30,637	Sarcelles
Pontoise	30,767	Pontoise
Ermont	29,108	Pontoise
Bezons	29,383	Argenteuil
Villiers-le-Bel	27,676	Sarcelles

Communes and arrondissements in the Val-d´Oise department

Administrative division

The Département Val-d'Oise is divided into 3 arrondissements , 21 cantons and 184 communes :

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Argenteuil	9	17th	415,390	108.46	3,830	951
Pontoise	7th	105	340.284	765.57	444	953
Sarcelles	10	62	472,944	371.33	1,274	952
Val-d'Oise department	21st	184	1,228,618	1,245.36	987	95

See also:

• List of communes in the Val-d'Oise department
• List of cantons in the Val-d'Oise department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Val-d'Oise department

Web links

Commons : Département Val-d'Oise  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Département Val-d'Oise (French)
• Prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ valdoise.fr ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 10, 2012  

Coordinates: 49 ° 2 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E