Bessancourt

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bessancourt

(2020–2026) Jean-Christophe Poulet^[1]Area

6.39 km² (2.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,172 • Density1,300/km² (3,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

95060 /95550

Elevation49–171 m (161–561 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bessancourt (French pronunciation: [bɛsɑ̃kuʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Bessancourt station has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Paris.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,781	—
1975	5,978	+6.76%
1982	5,758	−0.53%
1990	6,429	+1.39%
1999	6,999	+0.95%
2007	7,231	+0.41%
2012	6,629	−1.72%
2017	7,318	+2.00%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Twin Towns

Bessancourt is twinned with:

Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, United Kingdom since 1979^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-12.

External links

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise (in French)