Val-d'Oise (French:[valdwaz]ⓘ, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-Franceregion, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.[3]
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2
It is named after the river Oise, a major tributary of the Seine, which crosses the region after having started in Belgium and flowed through Northeastern France. Val-d'Oise is Île-de-France's northernmost department. Charles de Gaulle Airport, France's main international airport, is partially located in Roissy-en-France, a commune of Val-d'Oise.
The original departments of France were established in 1790 when the French National Assembly split the country into 83 departments of roughly the same size and population. They were designed as sets of communes, and when better maps became available, certain revisions had to be made. After defeat by the Prussians in 1871, certain territories were ceded to them and some rearrangements made. In 1955 and 1957, some departments changed their names. In 1964, it was determined to divide up the departments of Seine and Seine-et-Oise. Val-d'Oise was one of the new departments so formed, and was created entirely from the previous department of Seine-et-Oise.[4]
GeographyEdit
Val-d'Oise is a department in north central France and is part of the region of Île-de-France. To the south of the department lies the department of Hauts-de-Seine, to the southwest lies Yvelines, to the west lies Eure, to the north lies Oise, to the east lies Seine-et-Marne and to the southeast lies Seine-Saint-Denis.[5] The official préfecture (capital) of the department is the commune of Pontoise, situated in the suburbs of Paris some 28 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of the centre of the city, but the préfecture building and administrative offices are in the neighbouring commune of Cergy. The River Oise is a right tributary of the River Seine, and flows through the province from northeast to southwest.[5]
The eastern part of the department is part of the Pays de France, an area of fertile plain traditionally used for agriculture (particularly cereals and sugar beet) based on its fine silty soils. This part is progressively diminishing in size as Paris expands. Part of Charles de Gaulle Airport falls in this eastern region, while other parts are in the departments of Seine-et-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis. The southernmost region of the department forms part of the Seine Valley and occupies the whole of the small Vallée de Montmorency. These parts are heavily urbanised, but the ancient Roman road, the Chaussée Jules César, which linked Paris and Rouen, passes through the latter. The central and southwestern parts of the department are also largely urbanised and part of the greater Paris sprawl. The western part of the department forms part of the historic county of Vexin français, a verdant, largely agricultural plateau. Its capital was Pontoise on the eastern extremity of the county. This commune is now combining with the neighbouring commune of Cergy to form the new town of Cergy-Pontoise. The Vexin area remains largely rural, and across the whole department, one fifth is covered with trees.[5]
Principal townsEdit
The most populous commune is Argenteuil; the prefecture Pontoise is the sixth-most populous. As of 2019, the 10 most populous communes are:[3]
The economy of Val-d'Oise relies on two different themes. The northern, eastern and western parts are fertile areas of agricultural land producing large quantities of corn, sugar beet, and other crops. The urban parts to the south are dormitory towns, used by people working in the greater metropolitan area of Paris. The presence of Charles de Gaulle Airport and its associated TGV station provides access by rail to all parts of France. The department has nine business zones designated for high-tech industries.[6]
DemographicsEdit
Population development since 1876:
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1876
129,655
—
1881
134,859
+0.79%
1891
143,387
+0.62%
1901
164,962
+1.41%
1911
196,599
+1.77%
1921
227,220
+1.46%
1926
283,256
+4.51%
1931
353,374
+4.52%
1936
350,487
−0.16%
1946
344,744
−0.17%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1954
412,658
+2.27%
1962
548,429
+3.62%
1968
693,269
+3.98%
1975
840,885
+2.80%
1982
920,598
+1.30%
1990
1,049,598
+1.65%
1999
1,105,464
+0.58%
2006
1,157,054
+0.65%
2011
1,180,365
+0.40%
2016
1,221,923
+0.69%
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1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as Pieds-Noirs in Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.
PoliticsEdit
The president of the Departmental Council is Marie-Christine Cavecchi, elected in 2017.
The department has a rich archaeological and historical heritage, but is not a region visited much by tourists, perhaps being overshadowed by the French capital. Places of interest include the following sites;[12]La Roche-Guyon with a castle on top of a rocky hill and a twelfth century château; L'Isle-Adam, a historic small town on the bank of the River Oise; Auvers-sur-Oise, which owes its international fame to its landscapes and the impressionist painters such as Charles-François Daubigny, Paul Cézanne, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Camille Pissarro and Vincent van Gogh who immortalised them; Enghien-les-Bains, a spa resort with a hot, sulphurous spring, on the site of what was originally Lake Enghien; Écouen with a fine château which houses the Museum of the Renaissance; Cergy-Pontoise, the new administrative capital which has been created out of thirteen communes and has quadrupled in population since the 1960s. There is a branch of the Académie de Versailles in the city which provides tertiary education; Théméricourt, where as well as a fine château, there is the historic church of Notre-Dame, and the twelfth or thirteenth century Croix de l'Ormeteau-Marie.[13]Royaumont Abbey, founded by St. Louis in the thirteenth century, is another important site. There are two protected nature areas in the department: the Parc naturel régional du Vexin français and the Parc naturel régional Oise-Pays de France.[12]
^"Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
^ abPopulations légales 2019: 95 Val-d'Oise, INSEE
^Gwillim Law (1999). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. pp. 132–133. ISBN978-1-4766-0447-3.
^ abcPhilips' Modern School Atlas. George Philip and Son, Ltd. 1973. pp. 42–43. ISBN0-540-05278-7.
^"Val d'Oise" (in French). Comité d'Expansion Economique du Val d'Oise. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^"Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE.
^ abl'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Présidentielles". interieur.gouv.fr.
^"Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania".
^Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale.
^ ab"Val d'Oise: Must see places". Visit Paris. Agence de Développement et de Réservation Touristiques du Val d’Oise. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
^Vasseur, Roland. la croix de l'Ormeteau-Marie à Théméricourt. ISSN 1148-8077. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^Dominique Auzias; Jean-Paul Labourdette (2012). Val-d'Oise 2012. Petit Futé. pp. 22–. ISBN978-2-7469-6136-4.
External linksEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Val-d'Oise.
(in French) Website of the Departmental council
(in French) Prefecture website
(in English) Val d'Oise Economic Expansion Committee (CEEVO) Website
(in English) Committee of Tourism and Leisure in Val d'Oise
October 21, 2023
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Val d Oise French val dwaz Vale of the Oise is a department in the Ile de France region Northern France It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine et Oise department In 2019 Val d Oise had a population of 1 249 674 3 Val d OiseDepartment of FranceChateau d EcouenFlagCoat of armsLocation of Val d Oise in FranceCoordinates 49 3 43 N 2 5 10 E 49 06194 N 2 08611 E 49 06194 2 08611CountryFranceRegionIle de FrancePrefecturePontoise official Cergy disputed SubprefecturesArgenteuil Sarcelles Pontoise disputed Government President of the Departmental CouncilMarie Christine Cavecchi 1 Area1 Total1 246 km2 481 sq mi Population Jan 2020 2 Total1 251 804 Rank17th Density1 000 km2 2 600 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST ISO 3166 codeFR 95Department number95Arrondissements3Cantons21Communes184 1 French Land Register data which exclude estuaries and lakes ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2It is named after the river Oise a major tributary of the Seine which crosses the region after having started in Belgium and flowed through Northeastern France Val d Oise is Ile de France s northernmost department Charles de Gaulle Airport France s main international airport is partially located in Roissy en France a commune of Val d Oise Its INSEE and postcode number is 95 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Principal towns 3 Economy 4 Demographics 4 1 Place of birth of residents 5 Politics 5 1 Presidential elections 2nd round 5 2 Current National Assembly Representatives 6 Tourism 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditThe original departments of France were established in 1790 when the French National Assembly split the country into 83 departments of roughly the same size and population They were designed as sets of communes and when better maps became available certain revisions had to be made After defeat by the Prussians in 1871 certain territories were ceded to them and some rearrangements made In 1955 and 1957 some departments changed their names In 1964 it was determined to divide up the departments of Seine and Seine et Oise Val d Oise was one of the new departments so formed and was created entirely from the previous department of Seine et Oise 4 Geography EditVal d Oise is a department in north central France and is part of the region of Ile de France To the south of the department lies the department of Hauts de Seine to the southwest lies Yvelines to the west lies Eure to the north lies Oise to the east lies Seine et Marne and to the southeast lies Seine Saint Denis 5 The official prefecture capital of the department is the commune of Pontoise situated in the suburbs of Paris some 28 kilometres 17 mi northwest of the centre of the city but the prefecture building and administrative offices are in the neighbouring commune of Cergy The River Oise is a right tributary of the River Seine and flows through the province from northeast to southwest 5 The eastern part of the department is part of the Pays de France an area of fertile plain traditionally used for agriculture particularly cereals and sugar beet based on its fine silty soils This part is progressively diminishing in size as Paris expands Part of Charles de Gaulle Airport falls in this eastern region while other parts are in the departments of Seine et Marne and Seine Saint Denis The southernmost region of the department forms part of the Seine Valley and occupies the whole of the small Vallee de Montmorency These parts are heavily urbanised but the ancient Roman road the Chaussee Jules Cesar which linked Paris and Rouen passes through the latter The central and southwestern parts of the department are also largely urbanised and part of the greater Paris sprawl The western part of the department forms part of the historic county of Vexin francais a verdant largely agricultural plateau Its capital was Pontoise on the eastern extremity of the county This commune is now combining with the neighbouring commune of Cergy to form the new town of Cergy Pontoise The Vexin area remains largely rural and across the whole department one fifth is covered with trees 5 Principal towns Edit The most populous commune is Argenteuil the prefecture Pontoise is the sixth most populous As of 2019 the 10 most populous communes are 3 Commune Population 2019 Argenteuil 111 038Cergy 65 911Sarcelles 59 196Garges les Gonesse 43 239Franconville 37 394Pontoise 32 405Bezons 31 671Herblay sur Seine 31 314Goussainville 31 068Ermont 28 939Economy EditThe economy of Val d Oise relies on two different themes The northern eastern and western parts are fertile areas of agricultural land producing large quantities of corn sugar beet and other crops The urban parts to the south are dormitory towns used by people working in the greater metropolitan area of Paris The presence of Charles de Gaulle Airport and its associated TGV station provides access by rail to all parts of France The department has nine business zones designated for high tech industries 6 Demographics EditPopulation development since 1876 Historical populationYearPop p a 1876129 655 1881134 859 0 79 1891143 387 0 62 1901164 962 1 41 1911196 599 1 77 1921227 220 1 46 1926283 256 4 51 1931353 374 4 52 1936350 487 0 16 1946344 744 0 17 YearPop p a 1954412 658 2 27 1962548 429 3 62 1968693 269 3 98 1975840 885 2 80 1982920 598 1 30 19901 049 598 1 65 19991 105 464 0 58 20061 157 054 0 65 20111 180 365 0 40 20161 221 923 0 69 Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Sources 7 8 Place of birth of residents Edit Place of birth of residents of Val d Oise in 1999 Born in metropolitan France Born outside metropolitan France76 2 24 8 Born inoverseas France Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 EU 15 immigrants2 Non EU 15 immigrants2 2 2 9 3 6 15 1 1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers such as Pieds Noirs in Northwest Africa followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies as well as to a lesser extent foreign born children of French expatriates A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999 so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria when Algeria was an integral part of France is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics 2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics On the other hand persons born in France with foreign citizenship the children of immigrants are not listed as immigrants Politics EditThe president of the Departmental Council is Marie Christine Cavecchi elected in 2017 Presidential elections 2nd round Edit Election Winning Candidate Party 2nd Place Candidate Party 2022 Emmanuel Macron LREM 66 15 Marine Le Pen FN 33 852017 9 Emmanuel Macron LREM 72 53 Marine Le Pen FN 27 732012 Francois Hollande PS 53 91 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 46 092007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 52 30 Segolene Royal PS 47 702002 9 Jacques Chirac RPR 82 74 Jean Marie Le Pen FN 17 261995 10 Jacques Chirac RPR 53 78 Lionel Jospin PS 46 22Current National Assembly Representatives Edit Constituency Member 11 PartyVal d Oise s 1st constituency Antoine Savignat The Republicans France Val d Oise s 2nd constituency Guillaume Vuilletet La Republique En Marche Val d Oise s 3rd constituency Cecile Rilhac La Republique En Marche Val d Oise s 4th constituency Naima Moutchou La Republique En Marche Val d Oise s 5th constituency Fiona Lazaar The New DemocratsVal d Oise s 6th constituency David Corceiro MoDemVal d Oise s 7th constituency Dominique Da Silva La Republique En Marche Val d Oise s 8th constituency Francois Pupponi Socialist PartyVal d Oise s 9th constituency Zivka Park La Republique En Marche Val d Oise s 10th constituency Aurelien Tache The New DemocratsTourism EditThe department has a rich archaeological and historical heritage but is not a region visited much by tourists perhaps being overshadowed by the French capital Places of interest include the following sites 12 La Roche Guyon with a castle on top of a rocky hill and a twelfth century chateau L Isle Adam a historic small town on the bank of the River Oise Auvers sur Oise which owes its international fame to its landscapes and the impressionist painters such as Charles Francois Daubigny Paul Cezanne Jean Baptiste Camille Corot Camille Pissarro and Vincent van Gogh who immortalised them Enghien les Bains a spa resort with a hot sulphurous spring on the site of what was originally Lake Enghien Ecouen with a fine chateau which houses the Museum of the Renaissance Cergy Pontoise the new administrative capital which has been created out of thirteen communes and has quadrupled in population since the 1960s There is a branch of the Academie de Versailles in the city which provides tertiary education Themericourt where as well as a fine chateau there is the historic church of Notre Dame and the twelfth or thirteenth century Croix de l Ormeteau Marie 13 Royaumont Abbey founded by St Louis in the thirteenth century is another important site There are two protected nature areas in the department the Parc naturel regional du Vexin francais and the Parc naturel regional Oise Pays de France 12 Argenteuil is a sub prefecture and is the second most populous of Paris suburbs It is in a scenic location by the River Seine and has been much painted by Claude Monet Eugene Delacroix Pierre Auguste Renoir Gustave Caillebotte Alfred Sisley and Georges Braque It has several historic buildings and a local museum 14 nbsp Chateau d Ecouen nbsp La Roche Guyon nbsp Chateau de ThemericourtSee also EditCantons of the Val d Oise department Communes of the Val d Oise department Arrondissements of the Val d Oise departmentReferences Edit Repertoire national des elus les conseillers departementaux data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises in French 4 May 2022 Telechargement du fichier d ensemble des populations legales en 2020 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 29 December 2022 a b Populations legales 2019 95 Val d Oise INSEE Gwillim Law 1999 Administrative Subdivisions of Countries A Comprehensive World Reference 1900 through 1998 McFarland pp 132 133 ISBN 978 1 4766 0447 3 a b c Philips Modern School Atlas George Philip and Son Ltd 1973 pp 42 43 ISBN 0 540 05278 7 Val d Oise in French Comite d Expansion Economique du Val d Oise Retrieved 2 November 2015 Historique du Val d Oise Le SPLAF Evolution et structure de la population en 2016 INSEE a b l Interieur Ministere de Presidentielles interieur gouv fr Resultats de l election presidentielle de 1995 par departement Politiquemania Nationale Assemblee Assemblee nationale Les deputes le vote de la loi le Parlement francais Assemblee nationale a b Val d Oise Must see places Visit Paris Agence de Developpement et de Reservation Touristiques du Val d Oise Retrieved 3 October 2015 Vasseur Roland la croix de l Ormeteau Marie a Themericourt ISSN 1148 8077 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Dominique Auzias Jean Paul Labourdette 2012 Val d Oise 2012 Petit Fute pp 22 ISBN 978 2 7469 6136 4 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Val d Oise in French Website of the Departmental council in French Prefecture website in English Val d Oise Economic Expansion Committee CEEVO Website in English Committee of Tourism and Leisure in Val d Oise Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Val d 27Oise amp oldid 1169532035, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
