Chars

Chars
Commune
The church in Chars
Coat of arms
Location of Chars
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Coordinates: 49°09′41″N 1°56′17″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Pontoise
Canton	Pontoise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Evelyne Bossu[1]
Area ^1	16.71 km^2 (6.45 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,028
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95142 /95750
Elevation	55–174 m (180–571 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chars (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the regional nature park of Vexin [fr].

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,266	—
1975	1,435	+1.81%
1982	1,329	−1.09%
1990	1,519	+1.68%
1999	1,721	+1.40%
2007	1,772	+0.37%
2012	1,935	+1.78%
2017	2,110	+1.75%
Source: INSEE[3]

Education

Chars has a single preschool, école maternelle des Tournesols,^[4] and a single elementary school, ecole elementaire de chars.^[5]

There is a vocational high school, Lycée professionnel régional du Vexin.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. "INSCRIPTION ECOLE MATERNELLE DES TOURNESOLS _RENTREE 2015-2016." Charsien. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
5. "INSCRIPTIONS A L'ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE CHARS." Charsien. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
6. Home. Lycée professionnel régional du Vexin. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.

External links

• Home page Archived 2022-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise (in French)