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| Metropolitan area ( Région) | Paris ( Île-de-France) |
| Département | Val-d'Oise |
| Arrondissement | Pontoise |
| Canton | Pontoise |
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| Habitants | Pontoisiens |
| Population( 1999) | 28,661 habitants |
| Intercommunalité ( 2004) | Communauté d'Agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise |
| Area | 745 ha |
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Pontoise is a suburban communeThe following is a list of the 185 communes of the Val-d'Oise departement in France. CAM) Communaute d'agglomeration de la Vallee de Montmorency, created in 2002. CAS) Communaute d'agglomeration Val de France, created in 2002. CAF) Communaute d'agglomerat of the Val-d'Oise département, in suburban Paris in FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.. It belongs to the new townA New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. Many of the world's capital cities are planned cities, notably Washington, DC in the United States, of Cergy-Pontoise
Pontoise is the historical capital of the Vexin français. Its foundation dates from the Roman60 and 400 with major cities. During this time only Dacia and Mesopotamia were added to the Empire but were lost before 300. The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman state in the centuries following its reorganization under t times (Pontisara). As that time, the rock piton overhanging Oise supports the defense of the ford which is on the Roman way carrying out of Rotomagus ( Rouen) to Lutetia ( Paris).
Pontoise is one of the capitals of the impressionist movement. Many painters took as a starting point the the city and its area for the creation of landscapes. Camille Pissarro lived there for seventeen years. Other artists lived or worked in the area such as Vincent Van Gogh ( Auvers-sur-Oise ), Paul Cézanne, Charles François Daubigny , Gustave Caillebotte, etc.