Beauvais
Bieuvais (Picard) | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Beauvais  | |
  Beauvais  Beauvais | |
| Coordinates: 49°25′49″N 2°05′43″E / 49.4303°N 02.09520°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Beauvais |
| Canton | Beauvais-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | CA Beauvaisis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Franck Pia[1][2] |
| Area 1 | 33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | 56,677 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60057 /60000 |
| Elevation | 57–170 m (187–558 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Beauvais (US: /boʊˈveɪ/ boh-VAY,[4] French: [bovɛ] ; Picard: Bieuvais) is a town and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of Paris.
The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 as of 2016[update], making it the most populous town in the Oise department, and third most populous in Picardy. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, the metropolitan area of Beauvais has a population of 128,020.
The region around Beauvais is called the Beauvaisis.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
piawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Beauvais". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 29 July 2019.