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Bessancourt
Sign in to saveBessancourt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Bessancourt station has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Paris.
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Bessancourt is a commune in France, situated in the Île-de-France region. It has at various times been located within the administrative entities of Seine-et-Oise, Val-d'Oise, the arrondissement of Pontoise, and the arrondissement of Argenteuil. The town shares borders with Frépillon, Méry-sur-Oise, Pierrelaye, and Taverny, and is associated with the canton of Taverny. Its postal code is 95550.
The area of Bessancourt is 6.39 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 171 meters. The population is recorded as 8,869, comprising 3,578 males and 3,740 females. The commune is twinned with Holmes Chapel, Zè, and São João da Pesqueira.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bessancourt
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 8,026
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bessancourt
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Bessancourt - église Notre Dame.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The church St Gervais and St Protais in Bessancourt
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Bessancourt (Val-d'Oise).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Argenteuil
- French commune.canton
- Taverny
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Val Parisis
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Christophe Poulet
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
- 49
- French commune.elevation max m
- 171
- French commune.area km2
- 6.39
- French commune.INSEE
- 95060
- French commune.postal code
- 95550
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bessancourt
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Argenteuil
- Population
- 8869
- Area
- 6.39
- Elevation
- 86
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Taverny
- Official website
- www.ville-bessancourt.fr
- Image
- Bessancourt (95), mairie 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bessancourt
- postal code
- 95550
- associated electoral district
- canton of Taverny
- male population
- 3578
- female population
- 3740
- P8168
- Julius Wagner
- twinned administrative body
- São João da Pesqueira
- contact page URL
- www.ville-bessancourt.fr/votre-ville/contact
- phone number
- +33-1-30-40-44-44
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Population
- Twin Towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Bessancourt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Bessancourt station has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Paris.
==Population==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bessancourt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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