Cergy
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| Commune of Cergy | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02° 03' 47" East |
| Latitude | 49° 02' 10" North |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-d'Oise |
| Arrondissement | Pontoise |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise |
| Mayor | Dominique Lefebvre (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 21 m–121 m (avg. 25 m) |
| Land area¹ | 11.65 km² |
| Population² (July 1, 2004 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
54,500 54,781 |
| - Density (2004) | 4,678/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 95127/ 95000 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Cergy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 27.8 km. (17.3 miles) from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune.
Although neighboring Pontoise is the official préfecture (capital) of the Val-d'Oise département, the préfecture building and administration, as well as the department council (conseil général), are located inside the commune of Cergy, which is regarded as the de facto capital of Val-d'Oise. The sous-préfecture building and administration, on the other hand, are located inside the commune of Pontoise.
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[edit] Name
The name Cergy comes from Medieval Latin Sergiacum, meaning "estate of Sergius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
[edit] Demographics
When Cergy was selected to become the center of a "new town", it was only a village. The commune had only 2,895 inhabitants in 1968. It then started to develop very quickly, exceeding 10,000 inhabitants in the mid-1970s and then 20,000 in the early-1980s. It is in this decade that its growth was most spectacular, since the city exceeded 48,000 inhabitants in 1990. The increase continued since, but at a notably slower page, to reach 54,500 as of 2004 estimates.
[edit] Immigration
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[edit] Administration
Cergy is the chief town of two cantons:
- The canton of Cergy-Nord is made of part of Cergy and communes of Boissy-l'Aillerie, Osny, Puiseux-Pontoise (53,779 inhabitants)
- The canton of Cergy-Sud is made of part of Cergy and the commune of Éragny (32,969 inhabitants).
[edit] Twinnings
Columbia, United States.
Erkrath, Germany.
Liaoyang, China.
Porto Novo, Benin.
Tres Cantos, Spain
West Lancashire, United Kingdom.
[edit] Port Cergy
Port Cergy is a marina on the River Oise at pk 9. The site comprises both housing and recreational yachts as well as a boating school. The marina can hold 103 ships ranging 5 to 22m long and. The northern part of the site is reserved for restaurants and shops and have been built around a small bassin.
[edit] Ham
Ham is a small village to the south of Cergy. The village used to be part of the Sergentery and then commune of Neuville-sur-Oise but has since been amalgamated in the commune of Cergy. On its territory is the outdoor leisure centre 'Base de Loisirs de Cergy-Neuville'.
[edit] Transport
Cergy is served by three stations on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Cergy – Préfecture, Cergy – Saint-Christophe, and Cergy – Le Haut.
[edit] Education
- Université de Cergy-Pontoise
- ESSEC Business School (grande école)
- ENSEA
[edit] External links
Overseas departments
Cayenne (French Guiana) • Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) • Fort-de-France (Martinique) • Saint-Denis (Réunion)
