The arrondissement of Pontoise is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

of France in the

Val-d'Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.

department in the

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...

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. It has 105

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. Its population is 346,946 (2019), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Pontoise, and their

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s, are: # Ableiges (95002) #

Aincourt Aincourt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the . Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise de ...

(95008) # Ambleville (95011) #

Amenucourt Amenucourt () is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department References External links Official website * ...

(95012) #

Arronville Arronville () is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department References External linksOfficial website *A ...

(95023) #

Arthies Arthies () is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the . Geography Arthies is located approximately 50 km from Paris. Population See als ...

(95024) # Auvers-sur-Oise (95039) # Avernes (95040) #

Banthelu Banthelu () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department and Île-de-France region of France.It is located in the . See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of Fra ...

(95046) #

Beaumont-sur-Oise Beaumont-sur-Oise (, literally ''Beaumont on Oise'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. The classical cellist Jean-Henri Levasseur (1764–1823) was born in Beaumont-sur-Oise. Population Notable p ...

(95052) # Le Bellay-en-Vexin (95054) # Bernes-sur-Oise (95058) # Berville (95059) #

Béthemont-la-Forêt Béthemont-la-Forêt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France. The ...

(95061) # Boisemont (95074) #

Boissy-l'Aillerie Boissy-l'Aillerie is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Pontoise – Cormeilles Aerodrome is located in the commune. At one time Aigle Azur's head office was on the grounds of the airport. Geography C ...

(95078) #

Bray-et-Lû Bray-et-Lû () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France. The communes ...

(95101) #

Bréançon Bréançon () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France. The communes ...

(95102) #

Brignancourt Brignancourt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France. The commune ...

(95110) #

Bruyères-sur-Oise Bruyères-sur-Oise (, literally ''Bruyères on Oise'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes o ...

(95116) #

Buhy Buhy () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Geography Climate Buhy has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Buhy is . The average annual rainfa ...

(95119) #

Butry-sur-Oise Butry-sur-Oise () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Valmondois station, situated in the commune, has rail connections to Persan, Creil, Pontoise and Paris. Local attractions * Musée des tramways à ...

(95120) #

Cergy Cergy () is a Communes of France, commune in the French Departments of France, department of Val-d'Oise, in northwestern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the Kilometre Zero#France, centre of Paris, in the "new town#France, new town" of Cerg ...

(95127) # Champagne-sur-Oise (95134) # La Chapelle-en-Vexin (95139) # Charmont (95141) #

Chars Chars () is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the . Education Chars has a single preschool, école maternelle des Tournesols, and a single elem ...

(95142) # Chaussy (95150) #

Chauvry Chauvry () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France. The communes coo ...

(95151) # Chérence (95157) # Cléry-en-Vexin (95166) # Commeny (95169) # Condécourt (95170) #

Cormeilles-en-Vexin Cormeilles-en-Vexin (, literally ''Cormeilles in Vexin'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Education The commune has a single combined preschool (''maternelle'') and elementary school, Ecole Jean Ja ...

(95177) # Courcelles-sur-Viosne (95181) #

Courdimanche Courdimanche () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions ...

(95183) # Ennery (95211) # Épiais-Rhus (95213) # Éragny (95218) # Frémainville (95253) # Frémécourt (95254) # Frouville (95258) # Genainville (95270) # Génicourt (95271) # Gouzangrez (95282) # Grisy-les-Plâtres (95287) # Guiry-en-Vexin (95295) # Haravilliers (95298) # Haute-Isle (95301) # Le Heaulme (95303) #

Hédouville Hédouville () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Geography Hédouville is located just inside Île-de-France, on its border with Hauts-de-France. The town is part of the Parc Naturel Régional du V ...

(95304) #

Hérouville-en-Vexin Hérouville-en-Vexin (, literally ''Hérouville in Vexin''; before 2017: ''Hérouville'') ...

(95308) # Hodent (95309) # L'Isle-Adam (95313) #

Jouy-le-Moutier Jouy-le-Moutier () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s. History The name ''Jouy-le-Moutier ...

(95323) # Labbeville (95328) # Livilliers (95341) # Longuesse (95348) # Magny-en-Vexin (95355) #

Marines Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refle ...

(95370) # Maudétour-en-Vexin (95379) # Menouville (95387) #

Menucourt Menucourt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Population Education Schools include:Mériel Mériel () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department and Île-de-France region of France. Mériel station has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Paris. Population Notable residents * Jean Gabin, actor (1904–1976). Gabin spe ...

(95392) #

Méry-sur-Oise Méry-sur-Oise (, literally ''Méry on Oise'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Méry-sur-Oise station has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Paris. Population See also *Commune ...

(95394) # Montgeroult (95422) # Montreuil-sur-Epte (95429) # Mours (95436) # Moussy (95438) # Nerville-la-Forêt (95445) #

Nesles-la-Vallée Nesles-la-Vallée () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France. The co ...

(95446) #

Neuilly-en-Vexin Neuilly-en-Vexin (, literally ''Neuilly in Vexin'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France, northern France. See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise ...

(95447) #

Neuville-sur-Oise Neuville-sur-Oise () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwest suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s. Neuville-sur-Oise is a rather anonymous village between Jouy-le-M ...

(95450) # Nointel (95452) #

Noisy-sur-Oise Noisy-sur-Oise (, literally ''Noisy on Oise'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department and Île-de-France region of France. See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise de ...

(95456) #

Nucourt Nucourt () is one of the communes of the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region of northern France. It is the location of limestone caves which were used as a World War II V-1 flying bomb The V-1 flying bomb (german: Vergeltungs ...

(95459) # Omerville (95462) # Osny (95476) #

Parmain Parmain () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. L'Isle-Adam–Parmain station has rail connections to Persan, Creil, Pontoise and Paris. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department T ...

(95480) # Le Perchay (95483) # Persan (95487) #

Pontoise Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise. Administration Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dép ...

(95500) # Presles (95504) #

Puiseux-Pontoise Puiseux-Pontoise () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Education The commune has a single primary school, école du Vieux Noyer. Junior high school students attend Collège Sainte Appoline in Courdim ...

(95510) #

La Roche-Guyon La Roche-Guyon () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the . The commune grew around the Château de La Roche-Guyon, upon which historically it depended for its existence. The comm ...

(95523) # Ronquerolles (95529) # Sagy (95535) #

Saint-Clair-sur-Epte Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (, literally ''Saint-Clair on Epte'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is situated on the river Epte, 10 km southwest of Gisors. The treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in ...

(95541) # Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies (95543) # Saint-Gervais (95554) #

Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s. Population Transport Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is served by two ...

(95572) # Santeuil (95584) # Seraincourt (95592) # Théméricourt (95610) # Theuville (95611) # Us (95625) # Vallangoujard (95627) #

Valmondois Valmondois () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Valmondois station has rail connections to Persan, Creil, Pontoise and Paris. Local attractions * Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer ...

(95628) #

Vauréal Vauréal () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s. French chocolate maker Henri Menier (1853–1913) had a château in Vaur ...

(95637) #

Vétheuil Vétheuil () is a commune on the Seine, 60 kilometers northwest of Paris, France. Vétheuil is located in the arrondissement of Pontoise in the Val-d'Oise department. Personalities Impressionist painter Claude Monet lived in Vétheuil from 187 ...

(95651) # Vienne-en-Arthies (95656) # Vigny (95658) # Villers-en-Arthies (95676) # Villiers-Adam (95678) # Wy-dit-Joli-Village (95690)

History

The arrondissement of Pontoise was created in 1800 as part of the department

Seine-et-Oise Seine-et-Oise () was the former department of France encompassing the western, northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris.Ancien département : la Seine-et-Oise
/ref> In 1968 it became part of the new department Val-d'Oise.
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Val-d'Oise, it received one commune from the

arrondissement of Sarcelles The arrondissement of Sarcelles is an arrondissement of France in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region. It has 62 communes. Its population is 477,991 (2019), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of S ...

, and it lost 10 communes to the arrondissement of Argenteuil and two communes to the arrondissement of Sarcelles. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Pontoise were, as of January 2015: # Beauchamp # Beaumont-sur-Oise # Cergy-Nord # Cergy-Sud # Eaubonne #

Ermont Ermont () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. It has around 28,000 inhabitants, which makes Ermont one of the most important cities in Val d'Oise. Ermont ha ...

# Franconville # L'Hautil # L'Isle-Adam # Magny-en-Vexin # Marines #

# Saint-Leu-la-Forêt #

Taverny Taverny () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Tabernaciens''. History In 1806 the commune of Taverny merged with the neighboring commune of Saint-Leu, r ...

# La Vallée-du-Sausseron # Vigny

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