Luzarches

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Luzarches

(2020–2026) Michel Mansoux^[1]Area

20.49 km² (7.91 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,867 • Density240/km² (620/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+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.

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.

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

Historical 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%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Twin towns

Montrose, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom has been twinned with Luzarches since 1994.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Worcester, Kimball. "Closest to Paris?". roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise (in French)
Site officiel de Luzarches entre ville et village (in French)
Le Twitter de Luzarches (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)