Luzarches
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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Luzarches (French pronunciation: [lyzaʁʃ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Luzarches station has rail connections to Sarcelles and Paris.
Luzarches | |
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The Church of Saint-Côme-Saint-Damien, in Luzarches | |
![]() Location of Luzarches | |
| Coordinates: 49°06′49″N 2°25′24″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-d'Oise |
| Arrondissement | Sarcelles |
| Canton | Fosses |
| Intercommunality | Carnelle Pays-de-France |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Mansoux[1] |
Area 1 | 20.49 km2 (7.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,008 |
| • Density | 244.4/km2 (633.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 95352 /95270 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Just south of the town is a monument on the D316, which commemorates the closest distance to Paris that German units reached during the advance westwards in September 1914.[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,036 | — |
| 1975 | 2,484 | +2.88% |
| 1982 | 2,559 | +0.43% |
| 1990 | 3,371 | +3.50% |
| 1999 | 3,899 | +1.63% |
| 2007 | 4,084 | +0.58% |
| 2012 | 4,401 | +1.51% |
| 2017 | 4,551 | +0.67% |
| 2023 | 5,008 | +1.61% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Twin towns
Montrose, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom has been twinned with Luzarches since 1994.
