Compiègne

Compiègne
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Compiègne
Location athin Picardy region  Compiègne
Coordinates: 49°24′54″N 2°49′23″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Depairtment	Oise
Arrondissement	Compiègne
Intercommunality	Région de Compiègne
• Land1	53.10 km2 (20.50 sq mi)
Population (2007)2	41,714
INSEE/Postal code	60159 / 60200
Elevation	31–134 m (102–440 ft) (avg. 41 m or 135 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population wioot double coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anly coonted ance.

Compiègne (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃pjɛɲ]) is a commune in the Oise depairtment in northren Fraunce. It is locatit on the Oise River. Its indwallers are cried Compiégnois.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Compiègne is twinned wi:

Arona, Italy, syne 1962 Bury St Edmunds, Ingland, syne 1967 Elbląg, Poland, syne 2002 Guimarães, Portugal, syne 2006 Huy, Belgium, syne 1959

Kiryat Tivon, Israel, syne 1988 Landshut, Germany, syne 1962 Raleigh, North Carolina, Unitit States, syne 1989 Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan, syne 1988 Vianden, Luxembourg, syne 1964