Oise (Department, France)

Last modified: 2004-07-31 by ivan sache
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• Administrative data

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Oise (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Chaumont-en-Vexin
  • Compiègne
  • Senlis

Administrative data

Code: 60
Region: Picardie
Traditional provinces: Ile-de-France, Picardie
Bordering departments: Aisne, Eure, Seine-Maritime, Seine-et-Marne, Somme, Val-d'Oise

Area: 5,860 km²
Population (1995): 762,700 inhabitants

Préfecture: Beauvais
Sous-préfectures: Clermont, Compiègne, Senlis
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 41 cantons, 693 communes.

The department is named after the river Oise (302 km), tributary of the Seine.