Grandvilliers, Oise

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Grandvilliers

(2024–2026) Frédéric Douchet^[1]Area

6.64 km² (2.56 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,786 • Density420/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

60286 /60210

Elevation177–204 m (581–669 ft)
(avg. 193 m or 633 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grandvilliers (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃vilje]^[3]^[4] or [ɡʁɑ̃vije];^[5]^[6] Picard: Grandviyé) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Grandvilliers station has rail connections to Beauvais and Le Tréport.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,350	—
1975	2,661	+1.79%
1982	2,690	+0.15%
1990	2,761	+0.33%
1999	2,893	+0.52%
2007	3,056	+0.69%
2012	3,005	−0.34%
2017	2,940	−0.44%
Source: INSEE^[7]

Twinning

In 2004, the town was twinned with the Irish town of Athy in the south-west of County Kildare.^[8] The Irish twinning committee is named "La Balad'Irlandaise",^[9] and official visits take place every two years, while musical and student exchanges take place more regularly.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Oise : à Granvilliers, un triathlon pour prévenir les enfants contre l'oisiveté et le surpoids, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 29 July 2021
^ Election du maire et ses adjoints à Grandvilliers, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 29 July 2021
^ Ouverture du magasin Gamm vert de Grandvilliers, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 29 July 2021
^ Comité Miss Canton Grandvilliers - Marche des Anges 2021, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 29 July 2021
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Twin Towns love story: Kildare woman marries French man she met through Athy-Grandvilliers link". Leinster Leader. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "Comité de Jumelage La Balad'Irlandaise". grandvilliers.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2021.