Cergy-Pontoise Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Cergy-Pontoise is an agglomeration of France, in the Val d'Oise départment;, northwest of Paris on the Oise River. It owes its name to two of the communes that it covers, Cergy and Pontoise.
- Population (2003): 183,430
- Area is 7,774 hectares
- Population density: 2,360 hab./km²
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As of 2004, Cergy-Pontoise is a communauté d'agglomération consisting of eleven communes: Cergy, Courdimanche, Éragny, Jouy-le-Moutier, Menucourt, Neuville-sur-Oise, Osny, Pontoise, Puiseux-Pontoise, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône and Vauréal.Administration
| Year | Population |
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| 1962 | 34,050 |
| 1968 | 41,576 |
| 1975 | 69,546 |
| 1982 | 102,967 |
| 1990 | 159,168 |
| 1999 | 178,656 |
| 2003 | 183,430 |
In the 1960s, it faced the fast development of Paris and its suburbs, it decided to control and balance it by creating several new cities around Paris.
To the north, the choice was made on the surroundings of Pontoise. The old city was to be integrated in a unit much faster, whose center would be with Cergy, which was not whereas a village. As of 1965, the establishment of the new city will be done in several stages:
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