Bessancourt

Bessancourt
Commune
The church St Gervais and St Protais in Bessancourt
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°02′19″N 2°12′51″E / 49.0386°N 2.2142°E / 49.0386; 2.2142Coordinates: 49°02′19″N 2°12′51″E / 49.0386°N 2.2142°E / 49.0386; 2.2142
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Argenteuil
Canton	Taverny
Intercommunality	CA Val Parisis
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Christophe Poulet
Area 1	6.39 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	7,528
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95060 /95550
Elevation	49–171 m (161–561 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bessancourt (French pronunciation: [bɛsɑ̃kuʁ] (listen)) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Twin Towns[]

Bessancourt is twinned with:

• Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, United Kingdom since 1979^[2]

See also[]

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

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