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Oise
Prefectur biggin o the Oise depairtment, in Beauvais
Prefectur biggin o the Oise depairtment, in Beauvais
Coat of airms o Oise
Coat airms
Location o Oise in Fraunce
Location o Oise in Fraunce
Coordinates: 49°23′N 02°25′E / 49.383°N 2.417°E / 49.383; 2.417Coordinates: 49°23′N 02°25′E / 49.383°N 2.417°E / 49.383; 2.417
KintraFraunce
RegionPicardy
PrefecturBeauvais
SubprefecturesClermont
Compiègne
Senlis
Govrenment
 • Preses o the General CooncilYves Rome
Area
 • Total5860 km2 (2,260 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total816,142
 • Rank25t
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer60
Arrondissements4
Cantons21
Communes693
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2

Oise (French pronunciation: ​[waz]) is a depairtment in the north o Fraunce. It is named efter the river Oise.