Oise
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For other uses, see Oise (disambiguation).
| Oise | |
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| Coat of arms of the Oise department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 60 |
| Region: | Picardie |
| Prefecture: | Beauvais |
| Subprefectures: | Clermont Compiègne Senlis |
| Arrondissements: | 4 |
| Cantons: | 41 |
| Communes: | 693 |
| President of the General Council: | Yves Rome |
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| Population | Ranked 25th |
| -Jan.1, 2004 estimate -March 8, 1999 census |
779,916 766,441 |
| Population density: | 133/km² |
| Land area¹: | 5,860 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Oise is a department in the north of France named after the Oise River.
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[edit] History
Oise is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Île-de-France.
[edit] Geography
Oise is part of the current region of Picardie and is situated 35 km north of Paris. It is surrounded by the departments of Somme, Aisne, Seine-et-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Eure, and Seine-Maritime.
[edit] Population
Natives of the department are called Isariens or Oisiens.
[edit] Tourism
The major tourist attraction of the department is the Parc Astérix, which opened in 1989. Another very interesting site is the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais. Also to be seen is the Chateau de Pierrefonds, restored by Viollet-le-Duc.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Oise department
- Communes of the Oise department
- Arrondissements of the Oise department
[edit] External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Oise Tourism Guide
- (English) Oise Tourist Board
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