Oise
Oise
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Prefecture building in Beauvais | |
Location of Oise in France | |
| Coordinates: 49°23′N 02°25′E / 49.383°N 2.417°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Prefecture | Beauvais |
| Subprefectures | Clermont Compiègne Senlis |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Nadège Lefebvre (LR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,860 km2 (2,260 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 830,725 |
| • Rank | 26th |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-60 |
| Department number | 60 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 21 |
| Communes | 679 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Oise (/wɑːz/ WAHZ; French: [waz] ⓘ; Picard: Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called Oisiens (French: [wazjɛ̃]) or Isariens, after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.