Beauvais ( , ; ) is a town and commune in northern

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, and prefecture of the

Oise Oise ( ; ; ) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.< ...

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, in the

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, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous town in the Oise department, and serves Paris through

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. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, the metropolitan area of Beauvais has a population of 128,020. The region around Beauvais is called the Beauvaisis.

History

Beauvais was known to the

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by the Gallo-Roman name of ''Caesaromagus'' (''magos'' is

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for "field"). The post-Renaissance

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rendering is ''Bellovacum'' from the Belgic tribe the

Bellovaci The Bellovaci (Gaulish: ''Bellouacoi'') were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the modern Picardy region, near the present-day city of Beauvais, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. After they were defeated by Caesar in 57 BC, they gave lukewarm ...

, whose capital it was. In the ninth century, it became a county (comté), which about 1013 passed to the bishops of Beauvais, who became peers of France from the twelfth century. This cites V. Lhuillier, ''Choses du vieux Beauvais et du Beauvaisis'' (1896). At the coronations of kings, the

Bishop of Beauvais The Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis (; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese encompasses the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France. The diocese is a suffragan o ...

wore the royal mantle and went, with the

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, to raise the king from his throne to present him to the people. ''

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'' II 13 reports that as

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was approaching a fortified town called Bratuspantium in the land of the

, its inhabitants surrendered to him when he was about 5

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s away. Its name is

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for "place where judgements are made", from *''bratu-spantion''. Some say that Bratuspantium is Beauvais. Others theorise that it is

Vendeuil-Caply Vendeuil-Caply () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also *Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 680 Communes of France, communes of the Oise Departments of France, department of France. Th ...

or Bailleul sur Thérain. From 1004 to 1037, the Count of Beauvais was

Odo II, Count of Blois Odo II () ( 985 – 15 November 1037) was the count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Champagne, Beauvais and Tours from 1004 and count of Troyes (as Odo IV) and Meaux (as Odo I) from 1022. He twice tried to make himself a king: first in Italy aft ...

. In a charter dated 1056/1060, Eudo of Brittany granted land "in pago Belvacensi" (Beauvais, Picardy) to the Abbey of

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Saint-Aubin (see

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). In 1346, the town had to defend itself against the English, who again besieged it in 1433. The

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that it endured in 1472 at the hands of the

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was rendered famous by the heroism of the town's women, under the leadership of

Jeanne Hachette Jeanne Laisné, also known as Jeanne Fourquet in the 16th century and better known as Jeanne Hachette, is an emblematic figure in the history of the French city of Beauvais's resistance to the siege laid by Charles the Bold, Charles the Bold, Duk ...

, whose memory is still celebrated by a procession on 27 June (the feast of Sainte Angadrême), during which women take precedence over men. A significant hoard of coins from the

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became known as the ''Beauvais Hoard'' because some of the English and European coins found with the lot were from the French abbey located in Beauvais. The hoard, which contained a variety of rare and extremely rare Anglo-Norman pennies, English and foreign coins, was reputed to have been found in or near Paris. Beauvais was extensively damaged during World War I, and again in World War II during the German advance on Paris in June 1940. Much of the older part of the city was all but destroyed, and the cathedral was badly damaged before being liberated by British forces on 30 August 1944. Beauvais experienced significant rioting during the

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in 2023.

Geography

Beauvais lies at the foot of wooded hills on the left bank of the

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at its confluence with the Avelon. Its ancient ramparts have been destroyed, and it is now surrounded by boulevards, outside of which run branches of the Thérain. In addition, there are spacious promenades in the north-east of the town.

Climate

Beauvais experiences an

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(

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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature is 9.9 °C (1961–1990), and the

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annual average of 1669 hours (1991–2010). Hills

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is provided for the precipitation of Beauvais. The precipitation is 669 mm on average per year (1981–2010), while it is 800 mm on average per year in Bray. However, the frequency of rainfall is high. The average number of days per year above the precipitation of 1 mm is 116 days or every third day. The

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is often present, it is estimated at 55 days a year. The department is affected by 41 days of average wind year, usually, it comes from the west to the south.

Climate

Population

The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Beauvais proper in its geography at the given years. The commune of Beauvais absorbed the former communes of Marissel, Saint-Just-des-Marais and Voisinlieu and part of Notre-Dame-du-Thil in 1943.

Sights

Cathedral

The city's cathedral, dedicated to

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(''Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais''), in some respects, the most daring achievement of

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High Middle Ages, High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved f ...

, consists only of a

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and quire with

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and seven apse-chapels. The vaulting in the interior exceeds 46 m or 150 feet in height. The cathedral underwent a major repair and restoration process in 2008. The small Romanesque church of the 10th century known as the '' Basse Oeuvre'' occupies the site destined for the nave; much of its east end was demolished to make room for the new cathedral. Begun in 1247, under Bishop William of Grès (Guillaume de Grès, Guillaume de Grez), an extra were added to the height, to make it the tallest cathedral in Europe: the work was interrupted in 1284 by the collapse of the vaulting of the choir, a disaster that produced a temporary failure of nerve among the masons working in Gothic style. The transept was built from 1500 to 1548. In 1573 the fall of a too-ambitious central tower stopped work again, after which little addition was made. Its façades, especially that on the south, exhibit all the richness of the late Gothic style. The carved wooden doors of both the north and the south portals are masterpieces respectively of Gothic and

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workmanship. The church possesses an elaborate

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(1866) and

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of the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries; but its chief artistic treasures are

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windows of the thirteenth, fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, the most beautiful of them from the hand of the Renaissance artist, Engrand Le Prince, a native of Beauvais. To him also due to some of the stained glass in St. Etienne, the second church of the town, and an interesting example of the transition stage between the Romanesque and Gothic styles. During the Middle Ages, on 14 January, the Feast of Asses was celebrated in the Beauvais Cathedral, in commemoration of the Flight into Egypt.

Other notable sites

In the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville and the old streets near the cathedral, several houses are dating from the 12th to the 16th centuries. The Hôtel de Ville, close to which stands the statue of

, was built in 1753. The episcopal palace, now housing the Musée départemental de l'Oise, was built in the 16th century, partly upon the

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fortifications. The church of ''Saint-Étienne'' is a Romanesque-Gothic building (early 12th-late 16th centuries), including, in one of its transept's portals, a sculpture of the "Wheel of fortune".

Transport

Rail transport

The railway station,

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, opened in 1857 is currently served by several

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lines: * Beauvais – PersanBeaumont – Paris Gare du Nord * Beauvais –

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* Beauvais – Abancourt –

Le Tréport Le Tréport () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in Normandy, France. The three adjoining towns of Le Tréport, Eu and Mers-les-Bains are known locally as the "Three Sisters". Geography A small fishing port and light industri ...

Air transport

Beauvais–Tillé Airport Beauvais–Tillé Airport (; ) , branded as Paris-Beauvais Airport, is an international airport near the city of Beauvais in the commune of Tillé in France. In 2016, it was the tenth busiest airport in France, handling 3,997,856 passengers, a ...

, dating from the 1930s, lies in the north of the city, in

Tillé Tillé () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also * Beauvais-Tillé Airport * Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 680 Communes of France, communes of the Oise Departments of France, depar ...

. It is used as a gateway to Paris by several low-cost carriers. Traffic growth is significant: in 1997, 200,000 passengers used it annually, but by 2006, it was more than 1.8 million. Airport usage increased by 40% a year on average between 2001 and 2005. The airport is mainly used for passenger traffic (only 2 to 3 flights involve

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each month) and serves 48 destinations. On 5 October 1930, the British airship

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crashed just outside Beauvais on its maiden overseas voyage, killing 48 of the 54 people on board.

Public transport

Public transport in Beauvais is provided by (formerly ''The Urban Transport network of Beauvaisis'' or ). The

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(commuter bus) network consists of 25 regular lines which serve Beauvais and its suburbs, including: * 12 day lines ** 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * 3 Sunday lines ** 11A 11B 11C * 3 summer lines ** 10 (divided into 3 sub lines) * 7

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lines ** T1 T2 T3 T5 T6 T7 T8 * 3 shuttles ** ''Navette Aéroport'' (Airport Shuttle) ''Navette Parking'' (Parking Shuttle) ''Navette LaSalle'' (Polytechnic Institute of LaSalle Shuttle)

Environmentally friendly transportation

To promote cleaner urban transportation and protect the environment, the city began to develop a "Green Plan" (''Plan vert''). Ultimately, the goal is to have a network of bicycle paths.

Administration

The mayor of Beauvais is Franck Pia, elected in September 2022. He succeeded

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, who stepped down to become a deputy minister in the

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Notable people

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, pastry chef and creator of the

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(b. 1978) *

George Auriol George Auriol, born Jean-Georges Huyot (26 April 1863, Beauvais (Oise) – February 1938, Paris), was a French poet, songwriter, graphic designer, type designer, and Art Nouveau artist. He worked in many media and created illustrations for the cov ...

, born Jean-Georges Huyot, graphic designer (26 April 1863 – February 1938) * Guillaume Brenner, footballer (b. 10 February 1986) *

Pierre Cauchon Pierre Cauchon (; 1371 – 18 December 1442) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Beauvais from 1420 to 1432. He was a strong partisan of English interests in France during the latter years of the Hundred Years' War. He w ...

, bishop of Beauvais and judge of Joan of Arc (1371 – 18 December 1442) *

Arnaud Démare Arnaud Démare (born 26 August 1991) is a French professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Having turned professional in 2012 and specialising as a sprinter, Démare has taken almost 100 wins as a professional, including 1 ...

, professional cyclist (b. 26 August 1991) * Fanny Dénoix, poet (1798–1879) * Pierre de Schryder, French resistance fighter *

Hubert de Givenchy Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (; 20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the personal and professi ...

, fashion designer (20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) *

Charles Janet Charles Janet (; 15 June 1849 – 7 February 1932) was a French engineer, company director, inventor and biologist. He is also known for his left-step periodic table of chemical elements. Life and work Janet graduated from the École Centrale Par ...

, engineer and biologist (1849 – 1932) *

Henri Lebesgue Henri Léon Lebesgue (; ; June 28, 1875 – July 26, 1941) was a French mathematician known for his Lebesgue integration, theory of integration, which was a generalization of the 17th-century concept of integration—summing the area between an ...

, mathematician (28 June 1875 – 26 July 1941) * Jérôme Lempereur, footballer (b. 1973) *

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, footballer (b. 17 June 1995) * Pierre Louvet, historian, archivist and historiographer (1617 – 1684) * Anthony Mfa Mezui, footballer (b. 7 March 1991) *

Milo of Nanteuil Milo of Nanteuil ( or ) was a French cleric and crusader. He served as the provost of the cathedral of Reims from 1207 to 1217 and then as bishop of Beauvais from 1218 until his death in September 1234. Milo was the fourth son of Gaucher I, lor ...

, bishop of Beauvais, builder of the Beauvais Cathedral (d. 1234) *

Alberic of Ostia Alberic of Ostia (1080–1148) was a Benedictine monk, diplomat and Cardinal Bishop of Ostia from 1138 to 1148. He was one of the most important people in the administration of Pope Eugenius III, especially due to his diplomatic skills. Biogr ...

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and diplomat (1080 – 20 November 1148) * Mustapha Yatabare, footballer (b. 26 January 1986) * Sambou Yatabare, footballer (b. 2 March 1989)

Economy

The industry of Beauvais comprises, besides the state manufacture of

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, which dates from 1664, the manufacture of various kinds of cotton and woollen goods, brushes, toys, boots and shoes, and bricks and tiles. Market-gardening flourishes in the vicinity and an extensive trade is carried on in grain and wine. The town is the seat of a bishop, a prefect and a ''Court of Assizes''; it has ''Tribunals of First Instance'' and commerce, together with a

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, a branch of the

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, a higher ecclesiastical seminary, a ''lycée'' and training colleges. Amongst the major companies operating in the town are Nestle and Agco (Massey Ferguson). Also present since 1986 is

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, founded by Jerry Vaughan, and now operating from a purpose-built distribution centre to the east of the town Beauvais also has a small airport,

Beauvais Tillé Beauvais ( , ; ) is a town and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous town in the ...

, which is used by several

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and charter airlines such as

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as a terminal for nearby Paris, to which frequent shuttle buses run.

Education

Beauvais has the following schools: Public schools: *20 preschools: Four in Argentine, five in Centre-Ville, one in Marissel, one in Notre Dame du Thil, five in Saint-Jean, one in Saint Just des Marais, two in Saint Lucien, and one in Voisinlieu *24 public elementary schools: Five in Argentine, six in Centre-Ville, two in Marissel, two in Notre Dame du Thil, five in Saint-Jean, one in Saint Just des Marais, two in Saint-Lucien, and one in Voisinlieu *Five junior high schools: Collège Henri Baumont, Collège Charles Fauqueux, Collège Jules Michelet, Collège Jean Baptiste Pellerin, and Collège George Sand *Four general high schools: Lycée Félix Faure, Lycée Jeanne Hachette, Lycée Paul Langevin, and Lycée François TruffautLycées d'enseignement général
" Beauvais. 17 October 2015. Retrieved on 5 September 2016. *Four vocational high schools: Lycée Professionnel Paul Langevin, Lycée Professionnel Jean-Baptiste Corot, Lycée Professionnel Les Jacobins, and Lycée Agricole de l'Oise Private schools: *Institution du Saint-Espirit (elementary, junior high, high school, and technological high school) *Institution Notre-Dame (elementary and junior high school) *Elementary schools: École Saint-Paul and École Sainte-Bernadette *Lycée Saint-Vincent de Paul

Sport

Beauvais is home to

AS Beauvais Oise Association Sportive Beauvais Oise (; commonly referred to as AS Beauvais, ASBO, or simply Beauvais) is a French association football club based in Beauvais. The club was formed in 1945 as a result of a merger and currently play in the Championnat ...

, a football club playing in the

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(), which is supported by a fine percussion band.

International relations

Beauvais is twinned with: *

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, United Kingdom, since 1961 *

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, Germany, since 1975 *

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, Portugal, since 1982 * Dej, Romania, since 2003 *

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, Poland, since 2003

Notes

References

Bibliography

* Charles Delettre, ''Histoire du diocèse de Beauvais, depuis son établissement'', Volume 2, Harvard Library

External links

Official website
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