Cergy-Pontoise () is a

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and an

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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

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, northwest of

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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 km². 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 *

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

. 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

, 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

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. *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

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and the RATP. Two RER lines begin within the

Economy

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France and

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France have their head office in Cergy Pontoise.

Media appearances

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'', a 1979 movie by

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'', a 1987 movie by Eric Rohmer *'' Water Lilies'', a 2007 movie by Céline Sciamma

Twinnings

Cergy-Pontoise is a

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to the planned cities of *

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* Tres Cantos,

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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