Beauvais

Beauvais
Bieuvais (Picard)
Beauvais Cathedral
Coat of arms of Beauvais
Location of Beauvais
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Beauvais is located in France
Beauvais
Beauvais
Beauvais is located in Hauts-de-France
Beauvais
Beauvais
Coordinates: 49°25′49″N 2°05′43″E / 49.4303°N 02.09520°E / 49.4303; 02.09520
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentOise
ArrondissementBeauvais
CantonBeauvais-1 and 2
IntercommunalityCA Beauvaisis
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) Franck Pia[1][2]
Area
1
33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
56,677
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
60057 /60000
Elevation57–170 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: /bˈv/ 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, 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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference pia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Beauvais". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 29 July 2019.