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Department of France

Department of France in Hauts-de-France

Oise Oése (Picard)
Department of France
Prefecture building in BeauvaisPrefecture building in Beauvais
Flag of OiseFlagCoat of arms of OiseCoat of arms
Location of Oise in FranceLocation of Oise in France
Coordinates: 49°23′N 02°25′E / 49.383°N 2.417°E / 49.383; 2.417
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Prefecture Beauvais
Subprefectures ClermontCompiègneSenlis
Government
• President of the Departmental Council Nadège Lefebvre[1] (LR)
Area1
• Total 5,860 km2 (2,260 sq mi)
Population (2022)[2]
• Total 830,725
• Rank 26th
• Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code FR-60
Department number 60
Arrondissements 4
Cantons 21
Communes 679
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Oise ( wahz; French: [waz] ⓘ; Picard: Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called Oisiens (French: [wazjɛ̃]) or Isariens, after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.[3]

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 and Picardy.

After the coalition victory at Waterloo, the department was occupied by British troops between June 1815 and November 1818.

In March 2021, local Member of Parliament Olivier Dassault was killed in a plane crash.[4]

Oise is part of the current region of Hauts-de-France 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.

The most populous commune is Beauvais, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 13 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are:[3]

Commune Population (2019)
Beauvais 57,071
Compiègne 40,615
Creil 36,169
Nogent-sur-Oise 20,780
Crépy-en-Valois 14,788
Senlis 14,760
Méru 14,452
Montataire 13,645
Noyon 13,190
Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,602

Historical population

YearPop.±% p.a.1801350,854— 1821375,817+0.34%1831397,725+0.57%1841398,868+0.03%1851403,857+0.12%1861401,417−0.06%1872396,804−0.11%1881404,555+0.22%1891401,835−0.07%1901407,808+0.15%1911411,028+0.08%1921387,760−0.58%1931407,432+0.50% YearPop.±% p.a.1936402,569−0.24%1946396,724−0.15%1954435,308+1.17%1962481,289+1.26%1968540,988+1.97%1975606,320+1.64%1982661,781+1.26%1990725,603+1.16%1999766,441+0.61%2006792,975+0.49%2011805,642+0.32%2016823,542+0.44%
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The president of the Departmental Council is Nadège Lefebvre, elected in 2017.

Presidential elections 2nd round

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Election Winning Candidate Party % 2nd Place Candidate Party %
2022 Marine Le Pen RN 52.73 Emmanuel Macron LREM
2017[7] Emmanuel Macron LREM 53.28 Marine Le Pen FN
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 52.66 François Hollande PS
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 58.28 Ségolène Royal PS
2002[7] Jacques Chirac RPR 74.93 Jean-Marie Le Pen FN

Current National Assembly Representatives

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Constituency Member[8] Party
Oise's 1st constituency Claire Marais-Beuil
Oise's 2nd constituency Philippe Ballard
Oise's 3rd constituency Alexandre Sabatou
Oise's 4th constituency Éric Woerth
Oise's 5th constituency Frédéric-Pierre Vos
Oise's 6th constituency Michel Guiniot
Oise's 7th constituency David Magnier

The major tourist attraction of the department is the Parc Astérix, which opened in 1989. Other interesting sites are Beauvais Cathedral, the Château de Pierrefonds, restored by Viollet-le-Duc, and the art collection of the Château de Chantilly, which is one of the largest outside Paris.

Oise is twinned with Bedfordshire in England. It is also twinned with the Indonesian regency of Karanganyar and the Chinese provinces of Shandong and Zhejiang.

One of the villages along the river Oise is Auvers-sur-Oise, famous for having been visited by several impressionist artists. This is where Vincent van Gogh spent his last 70 days and is his and his brother Theo's resting place.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b Populations légales 2019: 60 Oise, INSEE
  4. ^ "French MP and billionaire Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash". BBC News. 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  5. ^ "Historique de l'Oise". Le SPLAF.
  6. ^ "Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE.
  7. ^ a b l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Présidentielles". interieur.gouv.fr.
  8. ^ Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale.