Oise ( / w ɑː z / wahz ; French: [waz] ; Picard : Oése ) is a department in the north of France . It is named after the river Oise . Inhabitants of the department are called Oisiens ( French: [wazjɛ̃] ) or Isariens , after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.
4-495: Chantilly Forest or Forest of Chantilly ( Forêt de Chantilly ) is a forest that spreads across 6,344 hectares (63.44 km; 24.49 sq mi), located mainly in the Oise , 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Paris . 49°10′30″N 2°30′45″E / 49.175°N 2.5125°E / 49.175; 2.5125 This Oise geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oise Oise
8-464: Is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Île-de-France and Picardy . After the coalition victory at Waterloo , the department was occupied by British troops between June 1815 and November 1818. In March 2021, local Member of Parliament Olivier Dassault was killed in a plane crash. Oise
12-399: Is part of the current region of Hauts-de-France and is situated 35 km north of Paris . It is surrounded by the departments of Somme , Aisne , Seine-et-Marne , Val-d'Oise , Eure , and Seine-Maritime . The most populous commune is Beauvais , the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 13 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are: The president of
16-633: The Departmental Council is Nadège Lefebvre, elected in 2017. The major tourist attraction of the department is the Parc Astérix , which opened in 1989. Other interesting sites are Beauvais Cathedral , the Château de Pierrefonds , restored by Viollet-le-Duc , and the art collection of the Château de Chantilly , which is one of the largest outside Paris. Oise is twinned with Bedfordshire in England . It
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