Montigny-lès-Cormeilles (, literally ''Montigny

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Cormeilles'') is a

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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.

, in the northwestern suburbs of

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. It is located from the center of Paris.

History

On 30 March 1922, a part of the territory of Montigny-lès-Cormeilles was detached and merged with a part of the territory of

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, re ...

and a part of the territory of

Pierrelaye Pierrelaye () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Pierrelaye station has rail connections to Pontoise and Paris. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a lis ...

to create the commune of Beauchamp.

Population

Transport

Montigny-lès-Cormeilles is served by Montigny–Beauchamp station on Paris

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and on the

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suburban rail line. Montigny-lès-Cormeilles is also served by La Frette–Montigny station on the

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suburban rail line. This station, although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of

La Frette-sur-Seine La Frette-sur-Seine (, literally ''La Frette on Seine'') 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- ...

, lies in fact very near the town center of Montigny-lès-Cormeilles.