Editing Val-d'Oise (section)

==Tourism==
The department has a rich archaeological and historical heritage, but is not a region visited much by tourists, perhaps being overshadowed by the French capital. Places of interest include the following sites;<ref name=Agence/> [[La Roche-Guyon]] with a castle on top of a rocky hill and a twelfth century château; [[L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise|L'Isle-Adam]], a historic small town on the bank of the River Oise; [[Auvers-sur-Oise]], which owes its international fame to its landscapes and the impressionist painters such as [[Charles-François Daubigny]], [[Paul Cézanne]], [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]], [[Camille Pissarro]] and [[Vincent van Gogh]] who immortalised them; [[Enghien-les-Bains]], a spa resort with a hot, sulphurous spring, on the site of what was originally Lake Enghien; [[Écouen]] with a fine château which houses the Museum of the Renaissance; Cergy-Pontoise, the new administrative capital which has been created out of thirteen communes and has quadrupled in population since the 1960s. There is a branch of the Académie de Versailles in the city which provides tertiary education; [[Théméricourt]], where as well as a fine château, there is the historic church of Notre-Dame, and the twelfth or thirteenth century Croix de l'Ormeteau-Marie.<ref>{{cite book |title=la croix de l'Ormeteau-Marie à Théméricourt |author=Vasseur, Roland |work=Richesse du patrimoine |publisher=Mémoires de la Société historique et archéologique de Pontoise, du Val d'Oise et du Vexin |language=fr |issn=1148-8077 }}</ref> [[Royaumont Abbey]], founded by St. Louis in the thirteenth century, is another important site. There are two protected nature areas in the department: the [[Parc naturel régional du Vexin français]] and the [[Parc naturel régional Oise-Pays de France]].<ref name=Agence>{{cite web |url=http://www.valdoise-tourisme.com/en/val-d-oise/must-see-places/must-see-places.php |title=Val d'Oise: Must see places |work=Visit Paris |publisher=Agence de Développement et de Réservation Touristiques du Val d’Oise |access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref>

[[Argenteuil]] is a sub-prefecture and is the second most populous of Paris' suburbs. It is in a scenic location by the River Seine and has been much-painted by [[Claude Monet]], [[Eugène Delacroix]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], [[Gustave Caillebotte]], [[Alfred Sisley]] and [[Georges Braque]]. It has several historic buildings and a local museum.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dominique Auzias|author2=Jean-Paul Labourdette|title=Val-d'Oise 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEO_JNQx1k0C&pg=PT22|year=2012 |publisher=Petit Futé |isbn=978-2-7469-6136-4 |pages=22–}}</ref>

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File:Chateau-decouen.jpg|[[Château d'Écouen]]
File:Château de La Roche-Guyon.jpg|[[La Roche Guyon]]
File:P1030360 chateau.JPG|Château de [[Théméricourt]]
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