Lizy-sur-Ourcq

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Lizy-sur-Ourcq

(2021–2026) Maxence Gille^[1]Area

11.16 km² (4.31 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,519 • Density320/km² (820/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

77257 /77440

Elevation45–136 m (148–446 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lizy-sur-Ourcq (French pronunciation: [lizi syʁ uʁk] ^ⓘ, literally Lizy on Ourcq) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,386	—
1975	2,695	+1.75%
1982	2,891	+1.01%
1990	3,047	+0.66%
1999	3,377	+1.15%
2007	3,449	+0.26%
2012	3,617	+0.96%
2017	3,566	−0.28%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Inhabitants are called Lizéens in French.

Localisation

Lizy-sur-Ourcq is located at 16 km in the North-East of Meaux and at 60 km in the North-East of Paris.

International relations

Lizy-sur-Ourcq is twinned with:

Burwell, United Kingdom^[4]

Education

Schools include:^[5]

École maternelle Bellevue - Preschool
École Saint Albert - Preschool and elementary school
École Henri Des - Lower elementary school
École Claude Monet - Upper elementary school
Collège Camille Saint-Saëns - Junior high school

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
^ "Adresses et infos utiles Archived 2013-07-22 at the Wayback Machine." (Frame Archived 2016-09-23 at the Wayback Machine) Lizy-sur-Ourcq. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lizy-sur-Ourcq.

Official site (in French)
1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)