Beauvais
Beauvais
Bieuvais (Picard) | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Beauvais | |
Beauvais Beauvais | |
| Coordinates: 49°25′49″N 2°05′43″E / 49.4303°N 02.09520°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Beauvais |
| Canton | Beauvais-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | CA Beauvaisis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Franck Pia |
Area 1 | 33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 55,550 |
| • Density | 1,668/km2 (4,319/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60057 /60000 |
| Elevation | 57–170 m (187–558 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Beauvais (US: /boʊˈveɪ/ boh-VAY; French: [bovɛ] ⓘ; Picard: Bieuvais) is a town and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of Paris.
The commune of Beauvais has a population of 55,550 (2023), making it the most populous town in the Oise department, and serves Paris through Paris Beauvais airport. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, the metropolitan area of Beauvais has a population of 128,020.
The region around Beauvais is called the Beauvaisis.