L'Isle-Adam

L'Isle-Adam
region	Île-de-France
Department	Val d'Oise
Arrondissement	Pontoise
Canton	L'Isle-Adam (main town)
Community association	Vallée de l'Oise et Trois Forêts
Coordinates	49 ° 7 ' N , 2 ° 13' E Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ' N , 2 ° 13' E
height	23-113 m
surface	14.94 km 2
Residents	12,057 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	807 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	95290
INSEE code	95313
Website	http://www.ville-isle-adam.fr
	; City Hall (hôtel de ville)

L'Isle-Adam is a French municipality with 12,057 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Val-d'Oise in the region of Ile-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Pontoise and is the capital of the canton of the same name . The inhabitants are called Adamois .

geography

The city is located in the Banlieue northwest of Paris . In the west the city borders on the river Oise , on all other sides it is surrounded by the Forêt de L'Isle-Adam .

Neighboring municipalities are Parmain , Champagne-sur-Oise , Mours , Presles , Nerville-la-Forêt , Villiers-Adam , Butry-sur-Oise , Mériel and Valmondois .

Culture and sights

Musée d'Art et d'histoire Louis Senlecq

Personalities

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) stayed in 1827 at the invitation of the mayor in L'Isle-Adam. In a letter to his sister he wrote that L'Isle-Adam was his paradise on earth . His work Physiology of Marriage ( La physiologie du mariage ) was written there.

Born in L'Isle-Adam: