Pont-Sainte-Maxence

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Pont-Sainte-Maxence
The town hall in Pont-Sainte-Maxence
The town hall in Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Coat of arms of Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Location of Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Pont-Sainte-Maxence is located in France
Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Coordinates: 49°18′07″N 2°36′16″E / 49.3019°N 2.6044°E / 49.3019; 2.6044Coordinates: 49°18′07″N 2°36′16″E / 49.3019°N 2.6044°E / 49.3019; 2.6044
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentOise
ArrondissementSenlis
CantonPont-Sainte-Maxence
IntercommunalityCC Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Arnaud Dumontier
Area
1
14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
12,601
 • Density850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
60509 /60700
Elevation28–125 m (92–410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pont-Sainte-Maxence (French pronunciation: ​[pɔ̃ sɛ̃t maksɑ̃s]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

It is named after Saint Maxentia of Beauvais, whose relics were taken here.[2]

Twin towns — sister cities[]

Pont-Sainte-Maxence is twinned with:[3]

  • Belgium Sambreville, Belgium (1970)
  • Senegal Linguère, Senegal (1974)
  • Germany Sulzbach, Hesse, Germany (1982)
  • Italy Grignasco, Italy (1992)
  • Portugal Felgueiras, Portugal (1993)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ *Butler, Alban (1833), The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints: Compiled from Original Monuments and Other Authentic Records, Illustrated with the Remarks of Judicious Modern Critics and Historians, VII, R. Coyne, retrieved 9 August 2021
  3. ^ "Jumelage". pontsaintemaxence.fr (in French). Pont-Sainte-Maxence. Retrieved 2019-11-16.



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