Pont-Sainte-Maxence

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Pont-Sainte-Maxence

(2020–2026) Arnaud Dumontier^[1]Area

14.76 km² (5.70 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

12,291 • Density830/km² (2,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

60509 /60700

Elevation28–125 m (92–410 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pont-Sainte-Maxence (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɛ̃t maksɑ̃s]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France, in the region of Hauts-de-France. It is named after Saint Maxentia of Beauvais, whose relics were taken here.^[3] Pont-Sainte-Maxence station has rail connections to Saint-Quentin, Compiègne, Creil and Paris.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,639	—
1975	9,359	+1.15%
1982	9,479	+0.18%
1990	10,934	+1.80%
1999	12,445	+1.45%
2007	12,440	−0.01%
2012	12,584	+0.23%
2017	12,209	−0.60%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Pont-Sainte-Maxence is twinned with:^[5]

Sambreville, Belgium (1970)
Linguère, Senegal (1974)
Sulzbach, Hesse, Germany (1982)
Grignasco, Italy (1992)
Felgueiras, Portugal (1993)

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.
^ *Butler, Alban (1833), The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints: Compiled from Original Monuments and Other Authentic Records, Illustrated with the Remarks of Judicious Modern Critics and Historians, vol. VII, R. Coyne, retrieved 9 August 2021
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Jumelage". pontsaintemaxence.fr (in French). Pont-Sainte-Maxence. Retrieved 16 November 2019.