Beauvais, Oise Département, Hauts-de-France, France
🇫🇷 Beauvais is a city and commune in northern France. It serves as the capital of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region. Beauvais ranks as the most populous city in the Oise department, and the third most-populous city in Picardy. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Beauvais forms the heart of the larger metropolitan area.
1Economy The industry of Beauvais comprises, besides the state manufacture of tapestry, which dates from 1664, the manufacture of various kinds of cotton and woollen goods, brushes, toys, boots and shoes, and bricks and tiles. Market-gardening flourishes in the vicinity and an extensive trade is carried on in grain and wine. The town is the seat of a bishop, a prefect and a Court of Assizes; it has Tribunals of First Instance and of commerce, together with a Chamber of Commerce, a branch of the Bank of France, a higher ecclesiastical seminary, a lycée and training colleges. Amongst the major companies operating in the town are Nestle and Agco (Massey Ferguson). Also present since 1986 is RS Components, founded by Jerry Vaughan, and now operating from a purpose built distribution centre to the east of the town Beauvais also has a small airport, Beauvais Tillé, which is used by several low-cost carrier and charter airlines such as Ryanair as a terminal for nearby Paris, to which frequent shuttle buses run.
1Europe/Paris/Oise
Beauvais has a population of over 54,300 people. Beauvais also forms the centre of the wider Oise département which has a population of over 824,503 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Beauvais has links with:
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🇫🇷 Saint Germain en Laye 2.094
🇫🇷 St. Germain-en-Laye 2.094
🇫🇷 Saint-Germain-en-Laye 2.094
🇪🇸 L' Hospitalet de Llobregat 2.1
🇪🇸 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 2.105
🇪🇸 Cornellà de Llobregat 2.071
🇫🇷 Cergy-Pontoise 2.063
🇪🇸 Sant Feliu de Llobregat 2.047
🇫🇷 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 2.046
🇪🇸 Sant Boi de Llobregat 2.043
🇫🇷 Villefranche-de-Rouergue 2.037
🇫🇷 Saint-Quentin-Yvelines 2.033
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🇫🇷 Pontoise 2.093,49.049 d: 42.3
🇫🇷 Cergy-Pontoise 2.063,49.042 d: 43.1
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🇫🇷 Argenteuil 2.245,48.942 d: 55.5
🇫🇷 Deuil-la-Barre 2.327,48.976 d: 53.5
🇫🇷 Sarcelles 2.379,48.996 d: 52.8
🇫🇷 Épinay-sur-Seine 2.309,48.955 d: 55.2
Antipodal to: Beauvais -177.918,-49.429
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