Country France No. of communes 13 Seat Cergy Region Île-de-France | Department Val-d'Oise, Yvelines Established 2004 Website www.cergypontoise.fr | |
Weather 9°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 93% Humidity Colleges and Universities Cergy‑Pontoise University, École nationale supérieur, ECAM‑EPMI | ||
Cergy-Pontoise ([sɛʁʒi pɔ̃twɑz]) is a new town and an agglomeration community in France, in the Val-d'Oise department, northwest of Paris on the river Oise. It owes its name to two of the communes that it covers, Cergy and Pontoise. Its population is 199,143 (2012), in an area of 84.2 km2. Created in the 1970s, it became an agglomeration community in 2004.
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Composition
As of 2015, the communauté d'agglomération Cergy-Pontoise consists of thirteen communes:
Except Maurecourt, which is in the Yvelines department, all communes are part of the Val-d'Oise 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 Paris.
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 Cergy, at the time not more than a village. From 1965, the establishment of the new city was to be done in several stages:
Public transport
Bus services are provided by the Stivo (formerly StAN).
Rail services are provided by both the SNCF and the RATP. Two RER lines begin within the new town.
Economy
Subaru France and Bandai France have their head office in Cergy Pontoise.
In the media
Twinnings
Cergy-Pontoise is a sister city to the planned cities of