Val-d'Oise (Department, France)

Last modified: 2004-07-31 by ivan sache
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• Administrative data
• Former flag of the General Council

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Val-d'Oise (Department, France): Municipal flags
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  • Ville nouvelle of Cergy-Pontoise
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    • Courdimanche
    • Eragny
    • Jouy-le-Moutier
    • Osny
    • Puiseux-Pontoise
  • Moisselles
  • Taverny
  • Saint-Witz
• Val-d'Oise (Department, France): Yacht clubs

Administrative data

Code: 95
Region: Ile-de-France
Traditional province: Ile-de-France
Bordering departments: Eure, Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis

Area: 1,246 km²
Population (1995): 1,108,400 inhabitants

Préfecture: Cergy-Pontoise
Sous-préfectures: Argenteuil, Montmorency
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 39 cantons, 185 communes.

The department is named after the river Oise (302 km), tributary of the Seine.
It was created in 1964 when the former department of Seine-et-Oise (78) was divided.

Former flag of the General Council

by Jaume Ollé

This flag is probably no longer in use, since the the logotype of the General Council was recently changed, as it can be seen on the website of the General Council.

Olivier Touzeau, 6 December 2003