Luzarches

Luzarches is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Luzarches
Commune
The Church of Saint-Côme-Saint-Damien, in Luzarches
Coat of arms
Location of Luzarches
Luzarches Luzarches
Coordinates: 49°06′49″N 2°25′24″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Fosses
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Damien Delrue
Area ^1	20.49 km^2 (7.91 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	4,551
• Density	220/km^2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95352 /95270
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Just south of the town is a monument on the D316, which commemorates the closest distance to Paris that German units reached during the advance westwards in September 1914.[2]

Twin towns

• Montrose, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom has been twinned with Luzarches since 1994.

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Worcester, Kimball. "Closest to Paris?". roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

External links

• Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (in French)
• Site officiel de Luzarches entre ville et village (in French)
• Le Twitter de Luzarches (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)