Beauvais
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
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| Coordinates: 49°25′49″N 2°05′43″E / 49.4303°N 02.09520°ECoordinates: 49°25′49″N 2°05′43″E / 49.4303°N 02.09520°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Beauvais | |
| Intercommunality | Beauvaisis | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2020) | Caroline Cayeux | |
| Area1 | 33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 54,289 | |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60057 / 60000 | |
| Elevation | 57–170 m (187–558 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Beauvais (French pronunciation: [bovɛ]) archaic English: Beawayes, Beeway, Boway, is a city and commune in northern France. It serves as the capital of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region. Beauvais is located approximately 75 kilometres (47 miles) from Paris. The residents of the city are called Beauvaisiens.
The municipality (commune) of Beauvais has a population of 54,289 as of 2012[update], population estimate from the Insee, and ranks as the most populous city in the Oise department, and the third most-populous city in Picardy. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, the metropolitan area of Beauvais has a population of 103,885.
Beauvais was known to the Romans by the Gallo-Roman name of Caesaromagus (magos is Common Celtic for "field"). The post-Renaissance Latin rendering is Bellovacum from the Belgic tribe the Bellovaci, whose capital it was. In the ninth century it became a countship, which about 1013 passed to the bishops of Beauvais, who became peers of France from the twelfth century. At the coronations of kings the Bishop of Beauvais wore the royal mantle and went, with the Bishop of Langres, to raise the king from his throne to present him to the people.
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