Bessancourt

commune in Val-d'Oise, France
Place commune_of_france Q1419629
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Bessancourt

Summary

Bessancourt is a commune of France[1]. Bessancourt ranks in the top 0.95% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month, #294 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bessancourt is located in Val-d'Oise[3].
  • Bessancourt is located in arrondissement of Argenteuil[4].
  • Bessancourt is in the country of France[5].
  • Bessancourt's head of government is recorded as Jean-Christophe Poulet[6].
  • Bessancourt's instance of is recorded as commune of France[7].
  • Bessancourt's shares border with is recorded as Frépillon[8].
  • Bessancourt's shares border with is recorded as Méry-sur-Oise[9].
  • Bessancourt's shares border with is recorded as Pierrelaye[10].
  • Bessancourt's shares border with is recorded as Taverny[11].
  • Bessancourt's twinned administrative body is recorded as Holmes Chapel[12].
  • Bessancourt's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zè[13].
  • Bessancourt's twinned administrative body is recorded as São João da Pesqueira[14].
  • Bessancourt's postal code is recorded as 95550[15].
  • Bessancourt's Commons category is recorded as Bessancourt[16].
  • Bessancourt's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.037777777778, 'lon': 2.2133333333333}[17].
  • Bessancourt's official website is recorded as https://www.ville-bessancourt.fr/[18].
  • Bessancourt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bessancourt[19].
  • Bessancourt has a population of {'amount': '+6591'}[20].
  • Bessancourt has a population of {'amount': '+6582'}[21].
  • Bessancourt has a population of {'amount': '+6811'}[22].
  • Bessancourt has a population of {'amount': '+7148'}[23].
  • Bessancourt has a population of {'amount': '+7318'}[24].
  • Bessancourt has a population of {'amount': '+7528'}[25].
  • Bessancourt has a population of {'amount': '+7878'}[26].
  • Bessancourt has a population of {'amount': '+7876'}[27].

Body

Geography

Bessancourt is in the country of France[5]. Located in include Val-d'Oise[3], a department of France[28], in France[29], founded in 1968[30] and arrondissement of Argenteuil[4], an arrondissement of France[31], in France[32], founded in 1966[33].

Physical Characteristics

Bessancourt covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.39'}[34]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+49'}[35], {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+171'}[36], and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+86'}[37]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6591'}[20], {'amount': '+6582'}[21], {'amount': '+6811'}[22], {'amount': '+7148'}[23], {'amount': '+7318'}[24], and {'amount': '+7528'}[25].

Designation and Status

Bessancourt's instance of is recorded as commune of France[7].

Why It Matters

Bessancourt ranks in the top 0.95% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month, #294 of 31,031).[2] Bessancourt has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Bessancourt is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . French National Directory of Representatives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ville-bessancourt.fr. Retrieved . ville-bessancourt.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ville-bessancourt.fr. Retrieved . ville-bessancourt.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ville-bessancourt.fr. Retrieved . ville-bessancourt.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  26. [35] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [36] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [37] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'az', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'hu',
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  2. 8w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.ville-bessancourt.fr/
    Head of government → Jean-Christophe Poulet
    Female population → {'amount': '+3740'}
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