Pont-Sainte-Maxence | |
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,_H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_de_1930.jpg) The town hall in Pont-Sainte-Maxence | |
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Location of Pont-Sainte-Maxence  | |
  Pont-Sainte-Maxence  Pont-Sainte-Maxence | |
| Coordinates: 49°18′07″N 2°36′16″E / 49.3019°N 2.6044°E / 49.3019; 2.6044 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Senlis |
| Canton | Pont-Sainte-Maxence |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Arnaud Dumontier[1] |
| Area 1 | 14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 12,291 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60509 /60700 |
| Elevation | 28–125 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, in the region of Hauts-de-France. It is named after Saint Maxentia of Beauvais, whose relics were taken here.[3] Pont-Sainte-Maxence station has rail connections to Saint-Quentin, Compiègne, Creil and Paris.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 8,639 | — |
| 1975 | 9,359 | +1.15% |
| 1982 | 9,479 | +0.18% |
| 1990 | 10,934 | +1.80% |
| 1999 | 12,445 | +1.45% |
| 2007 | 12,440 | −0.01% |
| 2012 | 12,584 | +0.23% |
| 2017 | 12,209 | −0.60% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Pont-Sainte-Maxence is twinned with:[5]
Sambreville, Belgium (1970)
Linguère, Senegal (1974)
Sulzbach, Hesse, Germany (1982)
Grignasco, Italy (1992)
Felgueiras, Portugal (1993)
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