Bessancourt

Bessancourt is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Bessancourt
Commune
The church St Gervais and St Protais in Bessancourt
Coat of arms
Location of Bessancourt
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Coordinates: 49°02′19″N 2°12′51″E
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 km^2 (2.47 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	7,318
• Density	1,100/km^2 (3,000/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Twin Towns

Bessancourt is twinned with:

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

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-12.

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 (in French)