Cergy () is a commune in the French department of

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.< ...

, in northwestern suburbs of

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. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "

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" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune. Although neighbouring

Pontoise Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise. Administration Pontoise is the official '' préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''d� ...

is the official '' préfecture'' (capital) of the

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'', the ''préfecture'' building and administration, as well as the department council (''conseil général''), are located inside the commune of Cergy, which is regarded as the ''de facto'' capital of Val-d'Oise. The ''

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'' building and administration, on the other hand, are located inside the commune of Pontoise.

Name

The name Cergy comes from

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''Sergiacum'', meaning "estate of Sergius", a

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landowner.

Administration

Cergy is the chief town of two cantons: Cergy-1 and Cergy-2.

Twin towns and sister cities

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, United Kingdom. Cergy is also informally twinned with a village in Palestine and a village in

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Demographics

When Cergy was selected to become the center of a "

", it was only a village. The commune had only 2,895 inhabitants in 1968. It then started to develop very quickly, exceeding 10,000 inhabitants in the mid-1970s and then 20,000 in the early-1980s. It is in this decade that its growth was most spectacular, since the city exceeded 48,000 inhabitants in 1990. The increase continued since, but at a notably slower pace, to reach 54,500 at 2004 estimates. However, in December 2001, the commune lost a portion of its territory (net with a 1999 population of 62 persons) to the adjacent commune of Courdimanche. The official census figures have thus been revised downward from the 1999 official 54,781 to 54,719, and the land area from to 11.65 km².

Immigration

Port Cergy

Port Cergy is a

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on the River Oise at pk 9. The site comprises both housing and recreational yachts as well as a boating school. The marina can hold 103 ships ranging 5 to 22m long and. The northern part of the site is reserved for restaurants and shops and have been built around a small bain.

Ham

Ham is a small village to the south of Cergy. The village used to be part of the Sergentery and then commune of Neuville-sur-Oise but has since been amalgamated in the commune of Cergy. On its territory is the outdoor leisure centre 'Base de Loisirs de Cergy-Neuville'.

Transport

Cergy is served by three stations on Paris

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and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Cergy-Préfecture, Cergy-Saint-Christophe, and Cergy-le-Haut. Cergy is served by direct buses from

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. The bus compan
STIVO
provides 17 lines of buses to travel within the agglomeration of Cergy.

Education

Secondary schools:Collèges et lycées
" Cergy. Retrieved on 6 September 2016. "Lycée polyvalent A. Kastler ..6 avenue de la Palette, sur la commune de Pontoise " * Junior high schools (''collèges''): Gérard Philipe, La Justice, Les Explorateurs, Les Touleuses, Moulin à Vent * Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée polyvalent Galilée and Lycée polyvalent Jules Verne

Lycée Alfred Kastler de Cergy-Pontoise Lycée Alfred Kastler de Cergy-Pontoise is a senior high school located in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France, in the Paris metropolitan area, serving both Pontoise and Cergy.Cergy-Pontoise University * CY Tech, formerly EISTI (''École internationale des sciences du traitement de l'information'') *

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Business School (''

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Web site of Professional Bachelor’s degree in International Trade and International Tourism (Cergy-Pontoise University)

Security

Known as being a violent city in the past, with a criminal rate of 137.62 incidents per 1000 inhabitants, Cergy-Pontoise has experienced a significant decrease of violence in the past years. Reaching, in the year of 2008, a rate of 9,87 criminal incidents per 1000 inhabitants, which is still a high criminal rate.

In popular culture

The town was used as a filming location for Henri Verneuil's film I... comme Icare released in 1979, starring

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italian-French actor and singer. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, Ivo held stron ...

. The

EDF-GDF tower The EDF-GDF tower is an office building built in 1974 in the heart of the new town of Cergy, France, in the Cergy Prefecture business and administrative district. History The building was emptied in 2015. Julie MénardCergy-Pontoise : la tour EDF ...

Renzo Moro Renzo Moro, born in 1933, is an architect. After graduating from the École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, Moro moved to France. He worked with Andre Remondet, Grand Prix de Rome. He then joined the Atea-Setap directed by Guy Lagneau, Mich ...

is the building from which the shots were fired to assassinate president Marc Jarry. The country that the movie depicts is not named, although the United States is perhaps suggested. The filmmakers chose the modern and innovative architecture of the new city to avoid depicting any particular country. The town was also the location of the 1987 film My Girlfriend's Boyfriend directed by

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References

External links

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