Oise is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called Oisiens or Isariens, after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.
Val-d'Oise is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.
The following is a list of the 259 communes of the French department of Yvelines.
Ermenonville is a commune in the Oise department, northern France. Ermenonville is notable for its park named for Jean-Jacques Rousseau by René Louis de Girardin. Rousseau's tomb was designed by the painter Hubert Robert, and sits on the Isle of Poplars in its lake.
Parc Astérix is a theme park in France based on the comic book series Asterix by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. In 2023, the park welcomed over 2.8 million visitors, making it the 2nd most visited park in France behind Disneyland Paris and the 8th most visited park in Europe.
Tonnerre Deux Zeus is a wooden roller coaster located at Parc Astérix in Plailly, France. Opened in 1997 and built by Custom Coasters International, it is currently the 3rd longest wooden coaster in Europe, after Colossos and Coaster Express. Between 2019 and 2022, the coaster underwent a three-year renovation from The Gravity Group, eventually re-emerging as the Tonnerre 2 Zeus in 2022.
L'Isle-Adam is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. The small town beside the river Oise has a long sandy beach and attracts visitors from Paris.
Boran-sur-Oise is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
Domfront is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
Halloy is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
Gargenville is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, 45 km to the center of Paris. It is part of the Parc naturel régional du Vexin français. With the neighborhing commune of Issou, it forms an urban area of around 10000 inhabitants.
Herchies is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
Saint-Arnoult is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
Saint-Paul is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
The 4th constituency of Oise is a French legislative constituency in the Oise département.
The canton of Senlis is an administrative division of the Oise department, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Senlis.
The Communauté de communes des Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte is a communauté de communes located in the Oise département and in the Hauts-de-France région of France. It was created in December 1997 and its seat is Pont-Sainte-Maxence. It includes 17 communes with a population of about 34,000 inhabitants.
Romus et Rapidus is a river rapids ride operating at Parc Astérix, in Plailly, France. The ride evokes the Roman mythology tale of Romulus and Remus, the mythical founders of Rome. In 2006, a young boy fell from his raft and drowned in the ride's roaring current.
La Mer de Sable is an amusement park founded in 1963 and is located in Ermenonville Forest. The park is close to the commune of Ermenonville in the Oise department of northern France. The park is owned and operated by the Looping Group.
Toutatis is a steel launched roller coaster located at Parc Astérix in Plailly, France. Toutatis was first announced at the IAAPA Orlando Expo in 2018 and upon opening became France's tallest and fastest coaster. It features four launches with a top speed of 107 km/h (66 mph) and a 51-metre (167 ft) top hat. It is named after Toutatis, a Celtic god who features in the Asterix books.
