Cergy-Pontoise () is a
new town
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and an
agglomeration community
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in
France
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, in the
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-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.[ ...]
and
Yvelines
Yvelines () is a Departments of France, department in the western part of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.[departments
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, northwest of
Paris
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on the river
Oise. It owes its name to two of the
communes that it covers,
Cergy
Cergy () is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, in northwestern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated ...
and
Pontoise. Its population is 206,654 (2017), in an area of 84.2 km
2. Created in the 1970s, it became an agglomeration community in 2004.
Composition
, the ''communauté d'agglomération'' Cergy-Pontoise consists of thirteen
communes:
[CA de Cergy-Pontoise (N° SIREN : 249500109)]
BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022.
*
Boisemont
*
Cergy
Cergy () is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, in northwestern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated ...
*
Courdimanche
Courdimanche () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Population
Education
Schools in the commune include:
*École maternelle les Croizettes (preschool)
*École élémentaire des Croizettes
*Groupe sc ...
*
Éragny
*
Jouy-le-Moutier
*
Maurecourt
*
Menucourt
*
Neuville-sur-Oise
*
Osny
Osny () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s.
Population
Transportation
Osny is served by ...
*
Pontoise
*
Puiseux-Pontoise
*
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
*
Vauréal
Except Maurecourt, which is in the
Yvelines
Yvelines () is a Departments of France, department in the western part of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.[Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-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.][ ...]
department.
Population
Since the establishment of the new agglomeration, the population has quadrupled over forty years.
History
In the 1960s, faced by the fast development of Paris and its suburbs, it was decided to control and balance it by creating several new cities around
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
.
To the north, the choice was made on the surroundings of Pontoise. The old city was to be integrated in a much larger unit, whose center would be
Cergy
Cergy () is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, in northwestern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated ...
, at the time not more than a village. From 1965, the establishment of the new city was to be done in several stages:
*April 16, 1969: creation of the publicly owned "Établissement public d'aménagement" (EPA)
*1971: creation of the Syndicat communautaire d'aménagement (SCA).
*August 11, 1972: official creation of the new city of Cergy-Pontoise, gathering fifteen communes (the eleven current ones, and
Boisemont,
Boissy-l'Aillerie,
Méry-sur-Oise and
Pierrelaye).
*1983: the law Rocard amended the new cities.
*1984:
Syndicat d'agglomération nouvelle (SAN) replaces the SCA, four communes left the structure (the four mentioned above)
*December 31, 2002: end of the mission and dissolution of the EPA, following the completion of the new city.
*January 1, 2004: transformation of the SAN into a
communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté u ...
.
*2004: Boisemont becomes the 12th commune of Cergy-Pontoise.
Public transport
Bus services are provided by the
Stivo (formerly StAN).
Rail services are provided by both the
SNCF
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and the
RATP. Two
RER lines begin within the
new town
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.
Economy
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France and
Bandai
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France have their head office in Cergy Pontoise.
Media appearances
*''
L'enfance d'une ville'',
[ L'enfance d'une ville] a 1975 movie by
Eric Rohmer
*''
I as in Icarus
''I as in Icarus'' (french: link=no, I... comme Icare) is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil.
Selected cast
*Yves Montand as Henri Volney
*Michel Etcheverry as Frédéric Heiniger
*Roger Planchon as Prof. David Naggara
*Pierre ...
'', a 1979 movie by
Henri Verneuil
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*''
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
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'', a 1987 movie by
Eric Rohmer
*''
Water Lilies'', a 2007 movie by
Céline Sciamma
Twinnings
Cergy-Pontoise is a
sister city
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to the
planned cities of
*
Columbia, Maryland
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,
United States
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*
Tres Cantos,
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
*
Erkrath
Erkrath () is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Erkrath is situated on the river Düssel, directly east of Düsseldorf and west of Wuppertal, close to the famous Neandertal. It has two stations, ...
,
Germany
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*
West Lancashire
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,
England
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(Which includes the planned town of
Skelmersdale.)
References
External links
Site of the communauté d'agglomérations
{{Authority control
Planned cities
Agglomeration communities in France
Cergy-Pontoise
Cergy-Pontoise
New towns in Île-de-France
New towns started in the 1970s