Cergy-Pontoise is a new town in France, in the Val d'Oise département, northwest of Paris on the Oise River. It owes its name to two of the communes that it covers, Cergy and Pontoise.
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As of 2005[update], Cergy-Pontoise is a communauté d'agglomération consisting of twelve communes:
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 34,050 | — |
| 1968 | 41,576 | +22.1% |
| 1975 | 69,546 | +67.3% |
| 1982 | 102,967 | +48.1% |
| 1990 | 159,168 | +54.6% |
| 1999 | 178,656 | +12.2% |
| 2003 | 183,430 | +2.7% |
Since the establishment of the new agglomeration, the population has quadrupled over forty years.
In the 1960s, faced by the fast development of Paris and its suburbs, it was decided to control and balance it by creating several new cities around Paris.
To the north, the choice was made on the surroundings of Pontoise. The old city was to be integrated in a much larger unit, whose center would be Cergy, at the time not more than a village. From 1965, the establishment of the new city was to be done in several stages:
Bus services are provided by the Stivo (formerly StAN).
Rail services are provided by both the SNCF and the RATP. Two RER lines begin within the new town.
Subaru France and Bandai France have their head office in Cergy Pontoise.[1]
Cergy-Pontoise is a sister city to the planned cities of