Cergy
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Cergy is a commune
in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 27.8 km (17.3 mi) from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise
, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune.
Although neighboring Pontoise
is the official préfecture
(capital) of the Val-d'Oise
département, the préfecture building and administration, as well as the department council (conseil général), are located inside the commune of Cergy, which is regarded as the de facto capital of Val-d'Oise. The sous-préfecture
building and administration, on the other hand, are located inside the commune of Pontoise.
Sergiacum, meaning "estate of Sergius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
Cergy is the chief town of two cantons:
, Maryland, United States. Erkrath
, Germany. Liaoyang
, People's Republic of China. Porto Novo, Benin. Tres Cantos
, Spain West Lancashire
, United Kingdom.
. The official census figures have thus been revised downward from the 1999 official 54,781 to 54,719, and the land area from 11.68 km² (4.5 sq mi) to 11.65 km².
Port Cergy is a marina
on the River Oise
at pk 9. The site comprises both housing and recreational yachts as well as a boating school. The marina can hold 103 ships ranging 5 to 22m long and. The northern part of the site is reserved for restaurants and shops and have been built around a small bassin.
is a small village to the south of Cergy. The village used to be part of the Sergentery and then commune of Neuville-sur-Oise
but has since been amalgamated in the commune of Cergy. On its territory is the outdoor leisure centre 'Base de Loisirs de Cergy-Neuville'.
Cergy is served by three stations on Paris RER line A
and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare
suburban rail line: Cergy – Préfecture
, Cergy – Saint-Christophe
, and Cergy – Le Haut
.
Cergy is served by direct buses from Charles de Gaulle International Airport
.
The bus company STIVO provides 17 lines of buses to travel within the agglomeration of Cergy.
department (88.15 per 1000). Cergy-pontoise is one of the most dangerous city of the Val-d'Oise
département after Argenteuil
.
's film I... comme Icare released in 1979, starring Yves Montand
. The EDF-GDF tower
designed by architect Renzo Moro
is the building from which the shots were fired to assassinate president Marc Jarry.
The country that the movie depicts is not named, although the United States is perhaps suggested.
The filmmakers chose the modern and innovative architecture of the new city to avoid depicting any particular country.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 27.8 km (17.3 mi) from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise
Cergy-Pontoise
Cergy-Pontoise is a new town in France, in the Val d'Oise département, northwest of Paris on the Oise River. It owes its name to two of the communes that it covers, Cergy and Pontoise....
, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune.
Although neighboring Pontoise
Pontoise
Pontoise is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise.-Administration:...
is the official préfecture
Préfecture
A prefecture in France can refer to :*the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a department is located;*the Chef-lieu de région, the town in which the administration of a region is located;...
(capital) of the Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise is a French department, created in 1968 after the split of the Seine-et-Oise department and located in the Île-de-France region. In local slang, it is known as "quatre-vingt quinze" or "neuf cinq"...
département, the préfecture building and administration, as well as the department council (conseil général), are located inside the commune of Cergy, which is regarded as the de facto capital of Val-d'Oise. The sous-préfecture
Sous-préfecture
Subprefectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Subprefecture is also the name given to the building which houses the administrative headquarters for the arrondissement....
building and administration, on the other hand, are located inside the commune of Pontoise.
Name
The name Cergy comes from Medieval LatinMedieval Latin
Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as a medium of scholarly exchange and as the liturgical language of the medieval Roman Catholic Church, but also as a language of science, literature, law, and administration. Despite the clerical origin of many of its authors,...
Sergiacum, meaning "estate of Sergius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
Administration
- The canton of Cergy-Nord is made of part of Cergy and communes of Boissy-l'AillerieBoissy-l'AillerieBoissy l'Aillerie is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.Pontoise – Cormeilles Aerodrome is located in the commune. At one time Aigle Azur's head office was on the grounds of the airport.-References:**...
, OsnyOsnyOsny is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s.-Transportation:...
, Puiseux-PontoisePuiseux-PontoisePuiseux-Pontoise is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.-References:** -External links:* *...
(53,779 inhabitants) - The canton of Cergy-Sud is made of part of Cergy and the commune of ÉragnyÉragny, Val-d'OiseÉragny is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s.Inhabitants are called Éragniens....
(32,969 inhabitants).
Twin towns and sister cities
ColumbiaColumbia, Maryland
Columbia is a planned community that consists of ten self-contained villages, located in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, not...
, Maryland, United States. Erkrath
Erkrath
Erkrath is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany-Geography:Erkrath is situated on the Düssel river, directly east of Düsseldorf and west of Wuppertal, close to the famous Neandertal....
, Germany. Liaoyang
Liaoyang
Liaoyang is a city in China, Liaoning province, located in the middle of the Liaodong Peninsula. The city is situated on the T'ai-tzu River and forms with Anshan a built up area of 2,057,200 inhabitants in 2010....
, People's Republic of China. Porto Novo, Benin. Tres Cantos
Tres Cantos
Tres Cantos is a township and municipality located in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain, some 22 km north of the capital city, Madrid. As a "satellite city" of Madrid which was conceived by urban planners as recently as the 1970s, it is the youngest incorporated municipality in Spain, with...
, Spain West Lancashire
West Lancashire
West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale....
, United Kingdom.
Demographics
When Cergy was selected to become the center of a "new town", it was only a village. The commune had only 2,895 inhabitants in 1968. It then started to develop very quickly, exceeding 10,000 inhabitants in the mid-1970s and then 20,000 in the early-1980s. It is in this decade that its growth was most spectacular, since the city exceeded 48,000 inhabitants in 1990. The increase continued since, but at a notably slower pace, to reach 54,500 as of 2004 estimates. However, on 1 January 2000, the commune lost a portion of its territory (net 0.03 km² (0.0115830647577761 sq mi) with a 1999 population of 62 persons) to the adjacent commune of CourdimancheCourdimanche
Courdimanche is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.-References:** -External links:* * *...
. The official census figures have thus been revised downward from the 1999 official 54,781 to 54,719, and the land area from 11.68 km² (4.5 sq mi) to 11.65 km².
Immigration
Port Cergy
Marina
A marina is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo from freighters....
on the River Oise
Oise River
The River Oise is a right tributary of the River Seine, flowing for 302 km in Belgium and France. Its source is in the Belgian province Hainaut, south of the town Chimay. It crosses the border with France after about 20 km. It flows into the Seine in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, near Paris...
at pk 9. The site comprises both housing and recreational yachts as well as a boating school. The marina can hold 103 ships ranging 5 to 22m long and. The northern part of the site is reserved for restaurants and shops and have been built around a small bassin.
Ham
HamHam (Cergy)
Ham is a small village to the south of Cergy. The village used to be part of the Sergentery and then commune of Neuville-sur-Oise but has since been amalgamated in the commune of Cergy....
is a small village to the south of Cergy. The village used to be part of the Sergentery and then commune of Neuville-sur-Oise
Neuville-sur-Oise
Neuville-sur-Oise is a commune in the northwest suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s....
but has since been amalgamated in the commune of Cergy. On its territory is the outdoor leisure centre 'Base de Loisirs de Cergy-Neuville'.
Transport
RER A
The RER A is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line runs from the western terminuses Saint-Germain-en-Laye , Cergy Le Haut , and Poissy to the eastern terminuses Boissy-Saint-Léger and Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy .* First inauguration: 12 December 1969*...
and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare
Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare
Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this sector depart from Gare Saint-Lazare in central Paris, as well as from Noisy-le-Roi station in the suburbs. Transilien services from Paris – Saint-Lazare are part of the SNCF...
suburban rail line: Cergy – Préfecture
Cergy – Préfecture (SNCF)
Cergy – Préfecture is a railway station in Cergy, France. The station was opened on 29 March 1988 and receives trains from Gare Saint-Lazare as well as the RER....
, Cergy – Saint-Christophe
Cergy – Saint-Christophe (SNCF)
Cergy – Saint-Christophe is a train station located in the city of Cergy, France. The station built by Philippe Deslandes opened on 29 May 1988 along with Cergy – Préfecture station...
, and Cergy – Le Haut
Cergy – Le Haut (SNCF)
Cergy Le Haut is a railway station in Paris suburbs. The station was built in 1994 by the Agence des gares and receives trains from Gare Saint-Lazare as well as the RER....
.
Cergy is served by direct buses from Charles de Gaulle International Airport
Charles de Gaulle International Airport
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport , also known as Roissy Airport , in the Paris area, is one of the world's principal aviation centres, as well as France's largest airport. It is named after Charles de Gaulle , leader of the Free French Forces and founder of the French Fifth Republic...
.
The bus company STIVO provides 17 lines of buses to travel within the agglomeration of Cergy.
Education
- Cergy-Pontoise UniversityCergy-Pontoise UniversityCergy-Pontoise University is a French university, in the Academy of Versailles.Cergy-Pontoise University is a public university and a leading centre of teaching and research, which welcomes 17,700 students and 1,500 international students interested in studying abroad.The university is ideally...
- ESSECESSECESSEC is one of the foremost business schools and Grandes Écoles in France and one of Europe’s top business schools. It was created by Jesuits in 1907 and was originally located in the heart of Paris, next to the University of Paris II: Panthéon-Assas, rue d'Assas...
Business School (grande écoleGrandes écolesThe grandes écoles of France are higher education establishments outside the main framework of the French university system. The grandes écoles select students for admission based chiefly on national ranking in competitive written and oral exams...
) - ENSEAENSEAÉcole Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications is a graduate school of electrical engineering and computer science, located in Cergy close to Paris in France....
École Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique et de ses Applications - ITINEcole supérieure d'informatique réseaux et systèmes d'informationEcole supérieure d'Informatique, réseaux et systèmes d'information is a public higher education apprenticeship school in Cergy-Pontoise, France....
, IT-Institute (École supérieure d'informatique, réseaux et systèmes d'information) - EISTI, École internationale des sciences du traitement de l'information
- Web site of Professional Bachelor’s degree in International Trade and International Tourism (Cergy-Pontoise University)
Crime
Cergy-Pontoise has 137.62 criminal incidents per 1000 inhabitants, far higher than national average (83 per 1000) and even higher than the crime rate of the Val-d'OiseVal-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise is a French department, created in 1968 after the split of the Seine-et-Oise department and located in the Île-de-France region. In local slang, it is known as "quatre-vingt quinze" or "neuf cinq"...
department (88.15 per 1000). Cergy-pontoise is one of the most dangerous city of the Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise is a French department, created in 1968 after the split of the Seine-et-Oise department and located in the Île-de-France region. In local slang, it is known as "quatre-vingt quinze" or "neuf cinq"...
département after Argenteuil
Argenteuil
Argenteuil is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Argenteuil is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department, the seat of the arrondissement of Argenteuil....
.
In popular culture
The town was used as a filming location for Henri VerneuilHenri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who enjoyed a successful career in France.-Biography:...
's film I... comme Icare released in 1979, starring Yves Montand
Yves Montand
-Early life:Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, the son of poor peasants Giuseppina and Giovanni Livi, a broommaker. Montand's mother was a devout Catholic, while his father held strong Communist beliefs. Because of the Fascist regime in Italy, Montand's family left for France in...
. The EDF-GDF tower
EDF-GDF tower
The EDF-GDF tower is an office building built in 1974 in the heart of the new town of Cergy, France, in the Cergy Prefecture business and administrative district.Its architect is Renzo Moro.The tower is high, with 14 floors....
designed by architect Renzo Moro
Renzo Moro
Renzo Moro, born in 1933, is an architect.After graduating from the École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, Moro moved to France. He worked with Andre Remondet, Grand Prix de Rome. He then joined the Atea-Setap directed by Guy Lagneau, Michel Weill and Jean Dimitrijevic. In 1972 he was accepted as...
is the building from which the shots were fired to assassinate president Marc Jarry.
The country that the movie depicts is not named, although the United States is perhaps suggested.
The filmmakers chose the modern and innovative architecture of the new city to avoid depicting any particular country.