Beauvais
Bieuvais (Picard) | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
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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.
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