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Oise
Coat of Arms Oise Details
Information
Number	60
Region	Picardie
Prefecture	Beauvais
Subprefectures	Clermont Compigne Senlis
Population - Total (1999) - Density	Ranked 25th 766,441 131 /km
Area	5,860 km
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	41
Communes	693
President of the general council	Jean-Franois Mancel
Location
Location of Oise in France

Oise is a dpartement in the north of France named after the Oise River.

History

Oise was on of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Ile-de-France.

Oise is part of the current region of Picardie and is situated 35 km north of Paris. It is surrounded by the departments of Somme, Aisne, Seine-et-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Eure, and Seine-Maritime.

Natives of the department are called Isuriens or Oisiens.

The major tourist attraction of the department is the Parc Astrix, which opened in 1989. Other very interesting site is the cathedral of Beauvais.

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