Bessancourt () is a
commune in the
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the ﾃ四e-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 in
ﾃ四e-de-France
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in northern
France
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.
Bessancourt station
Bessancourt is a railway station in the commune of Bessancourt (Val-d'Oise department), France. The station is served by Transilien H trains from Paris to Persan-Beaumont via Saint-Leu-la-Forﾃｪt. The daily number of passengers was between 500 an ...
has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forﾃｪt and Paris.
Population
Twin Towns
Bessancourt is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
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Holmes Chapel
Holmes Chapel is a large village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Until 1974 the parish was known as Church Hulme. Holmes Chapel is about north of Crewe and south of ...
,
Cheshire
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,
United Kingdom
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since 1979
See also
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Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list of the 184 Communes of France, communes of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
External links
Official website
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Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise
Communes of Val-d'Oise
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