Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis
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Beauvaisis | |
|---|---|
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| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Oise |
| No. of communes | 53 |
| Established | January 1, 2017 |
| Seat | Beauvais |
| Government | |
| • President | Caroline Cayeux (LR) |
Area | 539.0 km2 (208.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | 103,934 |
| • Density | 193/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Website | beauvaisis |
The Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis is a communauté d'agglomération located in the Oise department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Its seat is in the town Beauvais. It was created on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis with the Communauté de communes rurales du Beauvaisis,[1] and was expanded with 9 communes from the Communauté de communes de l'Oise Picarde in January 2018.[2] Its area is 539.0 km2. Its population was 103,934 in 2020, of which 56,889 in Beauvais proper.[3]
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 53 communes:[4][5]
- Allonne
- Auchy-la-Montagne
- Auneuil
- Auteuil
- Aux Marais
- Bailleul-sur-Thérain
- Beauvais
- Berneuil-en-Bray
- Bonlier
- Bresles
- Crèvecœur-le-Grand
- Le Fay-Saint-Quentin
- Fontaine-Saint-Lucien
- Fouquenies
- Fouquerolles
- Francastel
- Frocourt
- Goincourt
- Guignecourt
- Haudivillers
- Herchies
- Hermes
- Juvignies
- Lachaussée-du-Bois-d'Écu
- Lafraye
- Laversines
- Litz
- Luchy
- Maisoncelle-Saint-Pierre
- Maulers
- Milly-sur-Thérain
- Le Mont-Saint-Adrien
- Muidorge
- La Neuville-en-Hez
- Nivillers
- Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis
- Rainvillers
- Rémérangles
- Rochy-Condé
- Rotangy
- La Rue-Saint-Pierre
- Saint-Germain-la-Poterie
- Saint-Léger-en-Bray
- Saint-Martin-le-Nœud
- Saint-Paul
- Le Saulchoy
- Savignies
- Therdonne
- Tillé
- Troissereux
- Velennes
- Verderel-lès-Sauqueuse
- Warluis
Demography
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 74,417 | — |
| 1975 | 85,131 | +1.94% |
| 1982 | 87,417 | +0.38% |
| 1990 | 93,130 | +0.79% |
| 1999 | 96,899 | +0.44% |
| 2009 | 99,481 | +0.26% |
| 2014 | 100,218 | +0.15% |
| 2020 | 103,934 | +0.61% |
| In its geography at 1 January 2023. Source: INSEE RGP 2016[6] | ||
Transport
The CAB is the organizing authority for mobility (AOTU). As such, it is the owner of the bus network known as Corolis since 2010, which serves Beauvais and the agglomeration. The agglomeration is a member of the Beauvais-Tillé Airport Mixed Union, founded on October 20, 2006, alongside the region and the department of Oise. This union owns Beauvais–Tillé Airport.[7]
