Nogent-sur-Oise

Nogent-sur-Oise
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Nogent-sur-Oise
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Coordinates: 49°16′32″N 2°28′06″E / 49.2756°N 2.4683°E / 49.2756; 2.4683
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Senlis
Canton	Nogent-sur-Oise
Intercommunality	CA Creil Sud Oise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Dardenne[1]
Area ^1	7.46 km^2 (2.88 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	21,859
• Density	2,930/km^2 (7,590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	60463 /60180
Elevation	27–100 m (89–328 ft) (avg. 88 m or 289 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nogent-sur-Oise (French pronunciation: [nɔʒɑ̃ syʁ waz], literally Nogent on Oise; Picard: Nogint-su-Oése) is a commune in the French department of Oise, administrative region of Hauts-de-France (Picardy as former region).^[3] It lies adjacent to the north of the larger town Creil.

History

On 29 January 1893, the Ortiz gang committed a burglary there.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 435 —     1800 503 +2.10% 1806 612 +3.32% 1821 631 +0.20% 1831 728 +1.44% 1836 737 +0.25% 1841 714 −0.63% 1846 830 +3.06% 1851 892 +1.45% 1856 1,003 +2.37% 1861 1,068 +1.26% 1866 1,286 +3.78% 1872 1,407 +1.51% 1876 1,571 +2.79% 1881 1,850 +3.32% 1886 2,169 +3.23% 1891 2,627 +3.91% 1896 3,076 +3.21%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,545 +2.88% 1906 4,178 +3.34% 1911 4,841 +2.99% 1921 5,556 +1.39% 1926 5,851 +1.04% 1931 6,417 +1.86% 1936 6,416 −0.00% 1946 6,458 +0.07% 1954 7,718 +2.25% 1962 8,808 +1.67% 1968 11,506 +4.55% 1975 15,680 +4.52% 1982 16,980 +1.14% 1990 19,537 +1.77% 1999 19,151 −0.22% 2007 19,674 +0.34% 2012 18,713 −1.00% 2017 20,033 +1.37%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

International relationships

Nogent-sur-Oise is twinned with:

• Gersthofen, Bavaria, Germany since 1969
• Beverley, United Kingdom since 1998
• Aida Camp, Palestine since 2009^[7]
• Fucecchio, Tuscany, Italy since 2014

InKraśnik as a reaction to the passing of an anti-LGBT resolution by the Kraśnik local authorities.^[8] In April 2021, the controversial resolution was repealed by the town council.^[9]

In popular culture

Nogent-sur-Oise is the town where the character Jacob once lived with his family in the Newbery Honor-winning book The Inquisitor's Tale. Half the village was burned down by Christian boys on a dare.

See also

• Communes of the Oise department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Dupuy, Rolf. "CHIERICOTTI, Pierre, Paul, Jacques "RICOTTI" ; "Paul LAURENT"". Dictionnaire international des militants anarchistes. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Nogent-sur-Oise, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
7. Lefebvre, Philippe. "Les villes jumelées avec Nogent". Site officiel de la Ville de Nogent-sur-Oise (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2025.
8. "Kolejna francuska gmina zawiesza partnerstwo z polskim miastem ze "strefą wolną od LGBT". A będą następne". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
9. Domagała, Małgorzata (29 April 2021). "Kraśnik odrzucił uchwałę "przeciw ideologii LGBT". Motywacją były fundusze norweskie". Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 1 May 2021.