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Valmondois () is a
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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
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 ...
in northern
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. Valmondois station has rail connections to Persan, Creil, Pontoise and Paris.


Local attractions

* Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français * Musée de la Meunerie


Notable residents

* The artist
Honoré Daumier Honoré-Victorin Daumier (; February 26, 1808February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second N ...
lived here between 1865 until his death in 1879.Leymarie, Jean (1962), ''French Painting: The Nineteenth Century''. Painting, Color, History. Editions D'Art Albert Skira, Geneva. 231 pp. umanity of Daumier, pages 146-152/ref> Rey, Robert (1965). ''Daumier'', The Library of Great Painters. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers. New York. 160 pp.


See also

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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 cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise
Communes of Val-d'Oise {{ValOise-geo-stub