Grandvilliers (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃vilje][3][4] or [ɡʁɑ̃vije];[5][6] Picard: Grandviyé) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Grandvilliers station has rail connections to Beauvais and Le Tréport.
Grandvilliers | |
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Coordinates: 49°40′01″N 1°56′30″E / 49.6669°N 1.9417°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Oise |
Arrondissement | Beauvais |
Canton | Grandvilliers |
Intercommunality | Picardie Verte |
Government | |
• Mayor (2024–2026) | Frédéric Douchet[1] |
Area 1 | 6.64 km2 (2.56 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,786 |
• Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 60286 /60210 |
Elevation | 177–204 m (581–669 ft) (avg. 193 m or 633 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Population
editYear | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,350 | — |
1975 | 2,661 | +1.79% |
1982 | 2,690 | +0.15% |
1990 | 2,761 | +0.33% |
1999 | 2,893 | +0.52% |
2007 | 3,056 | +0.69% |
2012 | 3,005 | −0.34% |
2017 | 2,940 | −0.44% |
Source: INSEE[7] |
Twinning
editIn 2004, the town was twinned with the Irish town of Athy in the south-west of County Kildare.[8] The Irish twinning committee is named "La Balad'Irlandaise",[9] and official visits take place every two years, while musical and student exchanges take place more regularly.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Oise : à Granvilliers, un triathlon pour prévenir les enfants contre l'oisiveté et le surpoids, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 29 July 2021
- ^ Election du maire et ses adjoints à Grandvilliers, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 29 July 2021
- ^ Ouverture du magasin Gamm vert de Grandvilliers, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 29 July 2021
- ^ Comité Miss Canton Grandvilliers - Marche des Anges 2021, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 29 July 2021
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Twin Towns love story: Kildare woman marries French man she met through Athy-Grandvilliers link". Leinster Leader. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Comité de Jumelage La Balad'Irlandaise". grandvilliers.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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