Domont () is a
commune in the
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the ÃŽle-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 and
ÃŽle-de-France
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region
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of
France
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. It is twinned with the Leicestershire town of
Shepshed.
Domont Station has rail connections to Persan, Luzarches, Sarcelles and Paris.
Population
Twin towns — sister cities
Domont is
twinned with:
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Germering
Germering (; Central Bavarian: ''Geamaring'') is a Town#Germany, town of approximately 40,500 within the Fürstenfeldbruck (district), district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It is directly adjacent to the city of Munich and borders it ...
, Germany (1984)
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Shepshed, United Kingdom (1989)
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Wolsztyn, Poland (2005)
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Buja, Italy (2009)
Notable people from Domont
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Bédi Buval, footballer
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Jean-Pierre Changeux, neuroscientist
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Yoann Djidonou, footballer
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Rémi Maréval, footballer
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Bertrand Ndzomo, footballer
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Eugene Jules Houdry, inventor
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Carole Sinoquet,
hammer throwing athlete
See also
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Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list of the 183 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 2025):
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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