Clermont, Oise

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Coordinates: 49°22′47″N 2°24′48″E / 49.3797222222, 2.41333333333

Commune of Clermont
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Clermont
Canton	Clermont
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays du Clermontois
Mayor	Lionel Ollivier (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	48 m–162 m (avg. 54 m)
Land area¹	5.81 km²
Population² (1999)	9,699
- Density	1,669/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	60157/ 60600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Clermont is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Oise département, in France.

It is twinned with the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, England, and Chiaramonte Gulfi in Italy.

[edit] History

Before named Clermont-en-Beauvaisis or Clermont-en-France.

List of counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis

[edit] Demography

Change in Population

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
7509	8437	8576	8628	8934	9699
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

[edit] Sights

• Church St Samson containing numerous Painting from the 17th century
• Dungeon of Clermont
• fortified town hall