Bessancourt

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Bessancourt

|commune status = Commune

|image = Bessancourt - église Notre Dame.JPG

|caption = The church St Gervais and St Protais in Bessancourt

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Bessancourt (Val-d'Oise).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|49.0386|2.2142|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Argenteuil

|canton = Taverny

|intercommunality = CA Val Parisis

|mayor = Jean-Christophe Poulet{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|elevation min m = 49

|elevation max m = 171

|area km2 = 6.39

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

|INSEE = 95060

|postal code = 95550

}}

Bessancourt ({{IPA|fr|bɛsɑ̃kuʁ|-|Fr-Bessancourt.ogg}}) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Bessancourt station has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Paris.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-95060#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |3781

|1975 |5978

|1982 |5758

|1990 |6429

|1999 |6999

|2007 |7231

|2012 |6629

|2017 |7318

}}

Twin Towns

Bessancourt is twinned with:

  • {{flagicon|UK}} Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, United Kingdom since 1979{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns |access-date=2013-07-12 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archive-date=July 5, 2013 }}

See also

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